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RELATING  TO 


FARMERS'  INSTITUTES 


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FARMERS'    INSTITUTE    SPECIALIST 


[Revised  October  15,  1905.] 


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GOVERNMENT    PRINTING    OFFICE. 
1905. 


OFFICIALS  IN  CHARGE  OF  FARMERS'  INSTITUTES. 

Alabama.— C.  A.  Cary,  Professor  of  Veterinary  Science,  Alabama  Polytechnic  Institute,  Auburn; 
<;.  \Y.  Carver,  Director  Agricultural  Experiment  station,  Tuskegee.  ' 

ALASKA.    -C.  C.  Georgeson,  Special  Agent  in  Charge  Agricultural  Expert]  tent  Station,  Sitka. 

ARIZONA.   -R.  H.  Forbes,  Director  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Tucson. 

California.— E.  J.  Wickson,  Professor  of  Practical  Agriculture,  University  of  California,  and 
Intendent  of  Fanners'  Institutes,  Berkeley;  D.  T.  Fowler,  Conductor  of  Farmers'  Institul 
Centra]  and  Northern  California,  Berkeley;  A.  J.  Cook,  Conductor  of  Farmers'  Institutes  in  South- 
ern California,  Claremont;  W.  T.  Clark,  Assistant  Superintendent  of  Farmers'  Institutes,  Berkeley. 

Colorado.— W.  L.  Carlyle,  Dean  of  School  of  Agriculture,  State  Agricultural  College,  Fort  Collins; 
Fred.  P.  Johnson,  Assistant  Superintendent  of  Farmers'  Institutes,  Denver. 

Connecticut.— James  F.  Brown,  Secretary  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  North  Stonington;  J.  G. 
Schwink,  jr.,  Secretary  Connecticut  Dairymen's  Association,  Merlden;  II.  C.  C.  Miles,  Secretary 
Connecticut  Pomological  Society,  Milford. 

Delaware. — Wesley  Webb,  Secretary  Board  of  Agriculture,  Dover;  Arthur  T.  Neale,  Director  Agri- 
cultural Experiment  Station,  and  Superintendent  of  Institutes  for  Newcastle  County,  Newark. 

Florida.— C.  M.  Conner,  Professor  of  Agriculture,  University  of  Florida,  Lake  City. 

Georgia.— H.  C.  White,  President  State  College  of  Agriculture,  Athens;  Harvie  Jordan,  Field  Agent 
in  Charge  of  Farmers'  Institutes,  Atlanta. 

HAWAII.— J,  G.  Smith,  Special  Agent  in  Charge  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Honolulu. 

Idaho.— H.  T.  French,  Director  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Moscow. 

Illinois.— Frank  H.  Hall,  Secretary  Illinois  Farmers'  Institutes,  Aurora. 

Indiana.— W.  C.  Latta,  Professor  of  Agriculture,  Purdue  University,  Lafayette. 

Iowa.— J.  C.  Simpson,  Secretary  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  Des  Moines. 

Kansas.— J.  T.  Willard,  Director  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Manhattan;  J.  H.  Miller,  Assist- 
ant Superintendent  of  Farmers'  Institutes,  Manhattan. 

Kentucky. — Hubert  Vreeland,  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  Frankfort. 

Louisiana.— J.  G.  Lee,  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  Baton  Rouge. 

Maine.— A.  W.  Gilraan,  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  Augusta. 

Maryland. — W.  L.  Amoss,  Director  Farmers'  Institutes,  Benson. 

Massachusetts.— J.  L.  Ellsworth,  Secretary  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  Boston. 

Michigan. — L.  R.  Taft,  Superintendent  of  Farmers'  Institutes,  Agricultural  College. 

Minnesota.— O.  C.  Gregg,  Director  Farmers'  Institutes,  Lynd. 

Mississippi.— J.  C.  Hardy,  President  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College,  Agricultural  College. 

Missouri.— George  B.  Ellis,  Secretary  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  Columbia. 

Montana. — F.  B.  Linfield,  Director  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Bozeman. 

Nebraska. — E.  A.  Burnett,  Director  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Lincoln. 

Nevada.— J.  E.  Stubbs,  President  Nevada  State  University,  Reno. 

New  Hampshire.— N.  J.  Bachelder,  Secretary  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  Concord. 

New  Jersey.— Franklin  Dye,  Secretary  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  Trenton. 

New  Mexico.— Luther  Foster,  President  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College,  Mesilla  Park, 

New  York.— F.  E.  Dawley,  Director  Farmers'  Institutes,  Fayetteville. 

North  Carolina.— S.  L.  Patterson,  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  Raleigh;  Tait  Butler,  Professor  of 
Veterinary  Science,  North  Carolina  College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts,  Field  Agent.  Raleigh 

North  Dakota.— E.  E.  Kauffman,  Deputy  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  Bismarck. 

Ohio. — W.  W.  Miller,  Secretary  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  Columbus. 

Oklahoma.— C.  A.  McNabb,  Secretary  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  Guthrie. 

Oregon.— J.  Withycombe,  Director  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Corvallis. 

Pennsylvania.— A.  L.  Martin,  Deputy  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  Harrisburg. 

Porto  Rico.— D.  W.  May,  Special  Agent  in  Charge  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Mayaguez. 

Rhode  Island.— John  G.  Clarke,  Secretary  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  Providence. 

South  Carolina.— J.  N.  Harper,  Director  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Clemson  College. 

South  Dakota.— M.  F.  Greeley,  Superintendent  of  Fanners'  Institutes,  Gary. 

Tennessee.— W.  W.  Ogilvie,  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  Nashville. 

Texas.— J.  W.  Carson,  Director  Farmers'  Institutes,  College  Station. 

Utah. — P.  A.  Yoder,  Director  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Logan. 

Vermont.— George  Aitken,  Secretary  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  Woodstock. 

Yiur.iNiA.— G.  W.  Koiner,  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  Richmond;  A.  M.  Soule,  Director  Agricul- 
tural Experiment  Station  and  Secretary  Virginia  State  Farmers'  Institute,  Blacksburg. 

Washington.— E.  A.  Bryan,  President  Agricultural  College  and  School  of  Science,  Pullman;  E.  E. 
Elliott,  Professor  of  Agriculture,  Washington  Agricultural  College,  Field  Agent  in  Charge  of 
Institutes,  Pullman. 

West  Virginia.— J.  B.  Garvin,  Assistant  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  Charleston. 

Wisconsin.— G.  B.  McKerrow,  Director  Farmers'  Institutes,  Madison. 

Wyoming.— B.  C.  Buffum,  Director  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Laramie. 


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U.S.  DEPARTMENT   OF   AGRICULTURE. 

OFFICE  OF  EXPERIMENT  STATIONS     BULLETIN  NO.  135  (Revised). 


A.   C.  TRUE,   Director. 


LEGISLATION 


RELATING  TO 


FARMERS'  INSTITUTES 


IN  THE 


UNITED    STATES 


BY 


JOHN  HAMILTON, 

FARMERS'     INSTITUTE    SPECIALIST. 


[Revised  October  15,  1905.] 

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WASHINGTON: 

GOVERNMENT     PRINTING     OFFICE 

1  905. 

OFFICE  OF  EXPERIMENT  STATIONS. 

A.  C.  True.  Ph.  D.— Director. 

E.  \Y.  Allen,  Ph.  D. — Assistant  Director  and  Editor  of  Experiment  Station  Record. 
W.  H.  Beal — Chief  of  Editorial  Division. 
John  Hamilton — Farmers'  InstUutt  Specialist. 
C .  E .  Johnston— Oh  ief  Clerk. 

EDITORIAL    DEPARTMENTS." 

Meteorology.  Soils,  and  Fertilizers — W.  II.  Beal. 

Agricultural  Botany  and  Vegetable  Pathology — W.  H.  Evans,  Ph.  D. 

Field  Crops — J.  I.  Schulte. 

Horticulture  and  Forestry — C.  B.  Smith. 

Zootechny  and  Human  Nutrition — C.  F.  Langworthy.  Ph.  D. 

Agrotechny,  Dairy  Farming,  and  Dairying — H.  W.  Lawson. 

Agricultural  Chemistry — W.  H.  Beal.  C.  F.  Langworthy,  and  II.  W.  Lawson. 

Economic  Zoology.  Entomology,  and  Veterinary  Medicine — E.  V.  Wilcox,  Ph.  D. 

Rural  Engineering — S.  M.  Woodward. 

Rural  Economics — H.  C.  Taylor.  Ph.  D. 

Agricultural  Education — D.  J.  Crosby. 


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LETTER  OF  TRANSMITTAL. 


U.  S.  Department  of  Agkicultube, 

Office  of  Experiment  Stations. 

Washington,  1).  C,  October  15,  1905. 

Sir  :  I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  herewith  and  to  recommend  for 
publication  as  a  bulletin  of  this  Office  a  compilation  of  laws  relating  to 

fanners'  institutes  in  the  United  States,  prepared  by  John  Hamilton, 
farmers'  institute  specialist  of  this  Office. 

Respectfully,  A.  C.  True, 

Director. 
Hon.  James  Wilson. 

Secretary  of  AgricuUurt . 

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CO  NTH  NTS. 

Page. 

Introduction 7 

State  legislation 9 

Alabama 9 

Alaska 9 

Arizona 9 

Arkansas 9 

California 10 

Colorado 10 

Connecticut 10 

Delaware 11 

Florida 12 

Georgia 12 

Hawaii 12 

Idaho 13 

Illinois 13 

Indiana 15 

Indian  Territory 16 

Iowa 16 

Kansas 16 

Kentucky 16 

Louisiana 17 

Maine 17 

Maryland 18 

Massachusetts 19 

Michigan 19 

Minnesota 21 

Mississippi 22 

Missouri 22 

Montana 23 

Nebraska 24 

Nevada - 24 

New  Hampshire 24 

New  Jersey 24 

New  Mexico 25 

New  York 25 

North  Carolina 25 

North  Dakota 26 

Ohio 26 

Oklahoma 27 

Oregon 28 

Pennsylvania 28 

Porto  Rico 29 

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State  legislation — Continued.  page. 

Rhode  Island 29 

South  Carolina  . "    29 

South  Dakota 29 

Tennessee 30 

Texas 30 

Utah. 31 

Vermont 31 

Virginia 32 

Washington 32 

West  Virginia 33 

Wisconsin 34 

Wyoming 34 

Federal  legislation 35 


LEGISLATION  RELATING  TO  FARMERS' 

INSTITUTES. 


INTRODUCTION. 

In  order  that  legislation  respecting  farmers'  institutes  might  be 
generally  accessible,  there  were  secured  from  the  institute  directors 
in  PMC!  copies  of  the  laws  under  which  the  institutes  in  the  several 
States  were  then  organized.  These  laws  were  arranged  and  pub- 
lished as  Bulletin  No.  135  of  the  Office  of  Experiment  Stations. 

The  institute  laws  in  a  number  of  the  States  have  since  the  publi- 
cation of  this  bulletin  been  so  modified  by  subsequent  enactment  as 
to  make  a  revision  of  it  necessary.  Copies  of  the  old  laws  were 
accordingly  recently  sent  to  the  several  State  directors  of  institutes 
with  the  request  that  where  changes  have  occurred  copies  of  the 
new  laws  be  forwarded  to  the  Office  to  be  inserted  in  the  revised  bul- 
let in.  Such  modifications,  therefore,  of  the  farmers'  institute  laws  as 
have  occurred  from  August  1,  1903,  to  August  1,  1905,  have  been 
incorporated  in  this  revised  edition  of  Bulletin  135. 

An  examination  of  the  laws  of  the  several  States  will  reveal  the 
fact  that  while  they  differ  widely  in  their  form  and  requirements, 
as  well  as  in  the  authority  which  they  confer  and  in  the  amount  of 
money  which  they  appropriate,  yet  they  are  one  in  their  purpose 
to  assist  farming  people  by  giving  them  opportunity  of  obtaining  a 
better  understanding  of  the  application  of  science  to  agriculture. 

Thus  far  the  States  have,  to  a  great  degree,  acted  independently  of 
each  other  in  institute  affairs.  The  attention  of  some  has  been 
directed  to  the  improvement  of  their  agricultural  people,  through 
institute  instruction,  by  the  fact  that  a  large  percentage  of  their 
population  is  engaged  in  this  industry  and  that  the  farmers  have 
for  years  been  struggling,  without  avail,  to  solve  the  problems  that 
confront  them.  At  length  the  States  were  called  upon  for  aid,  and 
in  response  there  have  come  appropriations  for  institute  work. 
Other  Stales,  seeing  that  their  lands  are  rapidly  deteriorating  and 
depreciating  in  value,  have  resolved  not  to  wait  until  their  impov- 
erishment is  complete,  but  have  wisely  undertaken  to  husband  the 
resources  of  their  soil  by  teaching  those  who  till  it  how  to  grow  full 
crops  and  still  leave  their  farms  better  than  before, 

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It  is  significant  that,  without  any  conference  or  understanding 
with  each  other,  the  several  States  have  agreed  upon  the  farmers' 
institute  method  of  disseminating  agricultural  truth  as  being  the 
best  yet  discovered,  and  have  accordingly,  by  common  consent, 
chosen  it  as  their  agent  for  conducting  this  important  work. 

The  sentiment  among  thoughtful  men  in  this  country,  that  agri- 
culture always  must  be  our  greatest  and  most  constant  source  of 
wealth,  is  well-nigh  universal,  and  also  that  our  agricultural  people 
must  continue  to  be,  as  they  have  been  in  the  past,  a  great  con- 
servative body  in  our  citizenship,  upon  which  the  security,  perpe- 
tuity, and  development  of  our  free  institutions  must  depend.  Leg- 
islatures, therefore,  are  acting  with  wise  forethought  in  considering 
the  necessities  of  agricultural  people  and  in  making  appropriations 
for  rendering  their  calling,  more  than  ever  before,  a  profitable  pur- 
suit— remunerative  to  the  individual  and  beneficial  to  the  State. 

The  farmers'  institute  is  now,  therefore,  a  recognized  necessity 
in  our  system  of  public  education,  and  will  doubtless  in  the  future 
be  supported  by  the  several  States  with  still  greater  liberality  as  its 
work  develops  and  its  usefulness  becomes  more  generally  understood. 


STATE  LEGISLATION. 

ALABAMA. 

The  farmers '  institute  work  in  Alabama  is  under  the  direction  of 
the  Agricultural  College  and  Experiment  Station  board  of  trustees. 
There  is  no  State  law  of  any  kind  regulating  or  controlling  the  work. 

ALASKA. 

Farmers'  institutes  have  not  yet  been  established  in  Alaska. 

ARIZONA. 

The  legislative  assembly  of  Arizona  has  enacted  a  law  providing 
for  "improvements  and  publications  of  the  agricultural  experiment 
station  of  the  University  of  Arizona  and  for  holding  farmers'  insti- 
tutes throughout  the  Territory. ' '  Sections  1  and  8  of  the  act  con- 
tain all  that  relates  specifically  to  farmers'  institutes. 

Section  1.  For  the  purpose  of  providing  for  improvements  and  publications  neces- 
sitated by  the  growth  of  the  agricultural  experiment  station  of  the  University  of  Arizona. 
and  to  provide  for  the  establishment  of  farmers'  institutes  throughout  the  Territory,  a 
loan  of  eleven  thousand  ($11,000)  dollars  is  hereby  authorized  to  be  negotiated  and  made 
on  the  faith  and  credit  of  the  Territory  of  Arizona,  and  to  bear  interest  at  such  a  rate  as 
shall  be  fixed  by  the  board  of  regents  of  the  University  of  Arizona,  not  exceeding  five  per 
cent  per  annum. 

Sec.  8.  The  proceeds  derived  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds  shall  be  applied  and  appor- 
tioned as  follows: 

1.  For  issuing  the  publications  of  the  agricultural  experiment  station  of  the  University 
of  Arizona  and  for  providing  buildings  and  equipment  for  said  agricultural  experiment 
station,  particularly  the  date  orchard  and  the  station  farm  connected  therewith,  the  sum 
of  eight  thousand  and  three  hundred  ($8,300)  dollars. 

2.  To  provide  for  the  establishment  of  fanners*  institutes  and  short  courses  of  instruc- 
tion throughout  the  Territory,  the  sum  of  two  thousand  and  seven  hundred  ($2,700)  dollars. 

ARKANSAS. 

Arkansas  has  no  farmers'  institute  legislation.  The  work  of  con- 
ducting institutes  is  assumed  by  the  University  of  Arkansas  and 
the  agricultural  experiment  station. 

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CALIFORNIA. 

AN  \<T  authorizing  the  regents  of  the  State  university  t«>  hold  farmers'  institutes,  making  an 
appropriation  therefor,  and  prescribing  the  duties  of  the  controller  and  treasurer  in  relation 
thereto. 

'/  In  peopU  "ftfu  Stat*  of  California,  represented  in  senatt  and  assembly,  do  enact  as  foQowe: 
ion  1.  The  regents  of  the  University  of  California  are  hereby  authorized  to  hold  insti- 
tutes for  the  instruction  of  citizens  of  this  State  in  the  various  branches  of  agriculture. 

Such  institutes  shall  be  held  at  such  times  and  at  such  plan-  as  said  regents  may  direct 
The  said  regents  shall  make  such  rule-  and  regulations  as  they  may  deem  proper  for  organ 
izing  and  conducting  such  institutes,  and  may  employ  an  agent  or  agents  to  perform  such 
work  in  connection  therewith  as  they  deem  best.  The  course  of  instruction  at  such  insti- 
tutes shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  present  to  those  in  attendance  the  results  of  the  most 
recent  investigations  in  theoretical  and  practical  agriculture. 

2.  The  sum  of  twelve  thousand  dollars  is  hereby  appropriated,  out  of  any  money 
in  the  State  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  use  of  the  regents  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  California  in  discharging  their  duties,  as  prescribed  in  section  one.  during  the  two 
fiscal  years  following  the  passage  of  this  act.  One-half  of  said  sum.  viz.  six  thousand  dol- 
lars, shall  be  paid  on  the  first  day  of  July,  nineteen  hundred  and  five,  and  the  remaining 
one-half  (six  thousand  dollars)  shall  be  paid  on  the  first  day  of  July,  nineteen  hundred 
and  six. 

Sec.  3.  The  controller  is  authorized  and  directed  to  draw  his  warrants  for  the  above 
sums,  payable  to  the  order  of  the  treasurer -of  the  University  of  California,  and  the  treas- 
urer of  the  State  is  directed  to  pay  the  same. 

Sec.  4.  This  act  shall  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  18,  1905. 

COLORADO. 

Extract  from  Senate  Bill  No.   172.  Appropriating  Money  for  the  Benefit  of 
the  Colorado  College  and  Station. 

Sec  o.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  board  of  agriculture,  through  its  officers  and 
those  of  the  State  agricultural  college,  to  organize  and  conduct  a  farmers*  institute  annu- 
ally in  each  agricultural  county  of  the  State,  to  instruct  the  stockmen  and  farmers  and 
those  interested  in  agriculture  and  horticulture  and  kindred  industries:  and  to  carry  out 
the  provisions  of  this  act  there  is  hereby  appropriated  the  sum  of  four  thousand  dollars 
C$4,000)  annually  from  the  amount  hereinafter  appropriated. 

Approved ,  1905. 

CONNECTICUT. 

Connecticut  has  no  special  law  regulating  the  holding  of  farmers' 
institutes.  The  State  board  of  agriculture,  the  Connecticut  Dairy- 
men's Association,  and  the  Pomological  Society  are  all  carrying  on 
institute  work  in  the  State.  These  different  organizations  all  draw- 
money  from  the  State  for  the  benefit  of  agriculture  in  general:  the 
Dairymen's  Association  for  the  dairying  interests,  the  Pomological 
Society  for  the  interests  of  fruit  growing.  The  methods  used  by 
these  different  organizations  for  carrying  out  their  work  and  dissemi- 
nating useful  information  are  entirely  in  their  own  discretion.  Each, 
however,  has  an  institute  committee  appointed  to  have  charge  of 
institute  work. 

Where  the  citizens  in  any  locality  desire  an  institute,  any  one  of 
these  associations  will  furnish  speakers  free  of  expense.     These  dif- 


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fereni  organizations  have  all  held  institutes  during  the  pasl  several 
years.  Annual  meetings  are  held  in  the  winter  l>.\  each  of  these 
organizations. 

The  Connecticut  State  hoard  of  agriculture  requires  "  that  localities 
applying  for  institutes  shall  Furnish  a  suitable  hall,  local  transporta- 
tion for  speakers  and  visitors,  music  if  desired,  and  entertainment  by 
collation  or  otherwise,  unless  there  are  convenient  hotel  accommoda- 
tions." "The  hoard  pays  for  printing,  traveling  expenses,  and  serv-1 
ices  of  the  speakers."  The  authority  under  which  the  hoard  acts  in 
institute  matters  is  through  an  act  creating  the  State  hoard  of  agricul- 
ture, which  authorizes  the  secretary  "to  disseminate  agricultural 
information  by  lectures  or  otherwise." 

DELAWARE. 

AN  ACT  providing  for  farmers'  Institutes. 

Hi  it  enacted  by  flu  senaU  and  house  of  representatives  of  the  State  of  Delavmre  in  general 
<iss<  mbiy  met: 

SECTION  1.  That  hereafter  a  fanners'  institute  shall  be  held  annually  in  each  county  of 
t  bis  State.  The  meetings  for  organizing  these  institutes  respectively  shall  be  called  as  here- 
after provided;  afterwards  they  shall  be  held  at  such  times  and  places  as  the  members 
thereof  may.  either  in  general  meeting  or  by  their  executive  committee,  determine.  The 
objects  of  these  institutes  shall  be  the  discussion,  orally  or  by  written  essays  or  papers,  of 
agricultural  and  kindred  matters,  and  for  the  dissemination  of  agricultural  knowledge 
among  the  farmers  of  this  State. 

Sec.  2.  The  first  meeting  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  shall  be  held  in  the  county  court- 
house of  each  county  respectively  on  the  third  Saturday  of  May,  A.  D.  1889,  at  2  o'clock 
afternoon:  and  each  of  the  clerks  of  the  peace  of  the  several  counties  shall  give  notice  in  two 
newspapers  in  his  county  by  two  insertions  at  least  one  week  apart,  and  the  last  one  not 
more  than  one  week  prior  thereto,  of  such  meetings  for  organization.  He  shall  also  attend 
and  call  the  meeting  to  order  and  preside  until  a  president  be  chosen.  The  expense  of 
notices  so  published  shall  be  paid  by  the  respective  counties  on  bills  approved  by  the  clerk 
of  the  peace  ordering  them. 

The  notice  shall  be  in  this  form: 

Notice. — The  farmers  of County  are  hereby  invited  to  meet  in  the  county  court- 
house on  Saturday,  the  18th  day  of  May,  1889,  at  2  o'clock  afternoon,  for  the  purpose  of 
organizing  a  farmers"  institute  in  pursuance  of  an  act  of  the  general  assembly  passed  for  that 
purpose. 

May— ,1889. 


Cleric  of  the  Peact . 

Sec.  3.  The  officers  of  the  farmers'  institutes  herein  provided  for  shall  be  a  president, 
vice-president,  secretary,  treasurer,  and  executive  committee  of  not  less  than  live  nor  more 
than  nine  members,  and  such  other  and  additional  officers  as  may  he  provided  for  by  the 
by-laws  or  resolution  of  the  institutes,  respectively.  None  of  the  officers  shall  receive  any 
compensation  or  emolument  whatever.  They  shall  hold  their  offices  for  one  year  and  until 
their  successors  he  chosen. 

(This  section  was  amended  at  the  1903  session  of  the  legislature  by  adding  thereto  the 
following  proviso): 

"Provided,  That  the  State  hoard  of  agriculture  may  appoint  a  director  of  farmers'  insti- 
tutes for  the  State,  to  cooperate  with  the  farmers'  institutes  of  the  s  veral  counties.  The 
compensation  of  the  said  director  shall  be  fixed  by  the  State  board  of  agriculture,  which  said 


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<>in|M-iisation  shall  n<»t  exceed  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and  which  said 
compensation  -hall  be  paid  from  the  fund-  appropriated  hv  the  State  to  the  -aid  State 
l><>;iid  «>f  agriculture." 

S»  1.  F<»r  the  purpose  of  defraying  the  incidental  expeosi  -of  balding  the  institutes  herein 
provided  for  the  sum  of  six  hundred  dollars  annually  i-  herein  appropriated,  to  wit.  two 
hundred  dollar-  to  the  institute  of  each  county.  re-j)eetivel\  .  t<»  he  paid  to  the  respec- 
tive treasurers  thereof  on  the  oeitifieate  of  the  president  and  secretary  that  he  is  duly 

authorized  to  receive  the  same. 

Sf.c  .  5.  Each  institute  -hall  he  the  judge  of  the  qualifications  and  regulate  the  admission 
of  its  own  members,  and  may  also  make  and  alter  rides  for  the  regulation  of  its  own  pro- 
ceedings. The  failure  to  hold  an  institute  as  herein  contemplated  in  any  one  year  shall 
forfeit  its  appropriation  for  that  year. 

Passed  at  Dover  March  29.  1889. 

FLORIDA. 

The  legislature  of  Florida  at  its  session  in  1905  failed  to  make  an 
appropriation  for  carrying  on  the  farmers'  institute  work.  Some  insti- 
tutes, however,  were  held  by  the  superintendent  of  institutes  under 
the  direction  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  University  of  Florida,  who 
have  delegated  to  the  president  of  the  college  and  to  the  superintend- 
ent of  institutes  the  power  to  make  rules  for  the  holding  of  institute 
meetings  and  to  expend  such  funds  for  institute  purposes  as  may  from 
time  to  time  be  appropriated  by  the  board. 

GEORGIA. 

The  work  of  holding  farmers'  institutes  in  Georgia  has  been  con- 
ducted under  the  direction  of  the  college  of  agriculture  of  the  State 
university,  and  up  until  September  1.  1904.  the  money  necessary  for 
meeting  the  expenses  of  the  institutes  was  appropriated  by  the  trus- 
tees of  the  university. 

The  legislature  of  190-1  in  making  appropriations  for  the  mainte- 
nance of  the  University  of  Georgia  and  the  various  branch  colleges 
under  its  control  inserted  the  following  clause:  "To  the  University 
of  Georgia  for  farmers'  institutes.  $2,500."  This  appropriation  went 
into  effect  September  1.  1904,  and  terminated  September  1.  1905. 

The  trustees  of  the  university  out  of  funds  in  their  control  also  set 
apart  the  sum  of  81,000  for  institute  purposes. 

There  never  has  been  any  separate  and  distinct  act  or  bill  passed 
by  the  legislature  of  Georgia  establishing  farmers'  institutes,  the  only 
recognition  of  their  existence  being  in  the  item  appropriating  $2,500 
for  their  maintenance  for  the  year  ending  September  1.  1905. 

HAWAII. 

The  president  of  the  farmers'  institute  of  the  Territory  of  Hawaii 
reports  that  "  there  are  no  laws  now  in  force  in  this  Territory  relating 
to  farmers' institutes."  *  *  *  "  The  farmers'  institute  of  Hawaii 
is  now  on  a  permanent  basis.     Quarterly  meetings  have  been  held 


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since  the  organization  of  the  society,  January  25,  1902.  Each  suc- 
ceeding meeting  has  shown  a  growth  in  interest  and  numbers,  begin- 
ning w  itli  a  membership  of  1 5  and  having  n<>\\  oi  er  75  persons  enrolled 
as  active  members.  The  work  of  the  first  year  in  the  history  of  tin1 
society  has  been  prepared  for  publication,  and,  providing  the  neces- 
sary funds  can  be  secured  from  the  local  Legislature,  or  elsewhere,  the 
proceedings  will  he  printed  for  genera]  distribution." 

IDAHO. 

The  only  law  governing  farmers'  institute's  in   Idaho  is  that   which 

made  an  appropriation  of  $2,000  lor  the  institute  work  for  two  years. 

The  control   of  the   institutes  and   the  expenditure  of  the  money  are 

intrusted  to  the  hoard  of  regents  of  the  college  of  agriculture  of  the 

universit  v. 

ILLINOIS. 

AN  ACT  creating  the  Illinois  Fanners'  Institute. 

Be  it  <  naded  by  flu  people  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  general  assembly: 

Section  1.  That  to  assist  and  encourage  useful  education  among  the  farmers  and  for 
developing  the  agricultural  resources  of  the  State,  an  organization  under  the  name  and  style 
of  "Illinois  Fanners'  Institute"  is  hereby  created  and  declared  a  public  corporation  of  the 
State. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  consist  of  three  delegates  from  each  county  of  the  State,  elected  annually 
at  the  farmers'  institutes  for  said  county  by  the  members  thereof. 

Sec  3.  The  affairs  of  the  Illinois  Farmers'  Institute  shall  be  managed  by  a  board  of  direct- 
ors consisting  of  (1)  State  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  (2)  professor  of  agriculture 
of  the  University  of  Illinois,  (3)  president  of  the  State  board  of  agriculture,  (4)  president  of 
the  State  Horticultural  Society,  (.5)  president  of  the  State  Dairymen's  Association,  and  one 
member  from  each  Congressional  district  of  the  State,  to  be  selected  by  the  delegates  from 
the  district  present  at  the  annual  meeting  of  this  organization:  ProcuUd,  That  the  mem- 
bers first  selected  from  the  Congressional  districts  of  even  number  shall  serve  for  one  year, 
and  the  members  first  selected  from  the  Congressional  districts  of  odd  numbers  shall  serve 
for  two  years,  and  that  the  members  selected  thereafter  to  fill  expired  terms  of  office  shall 
serve  for  the  period  of  two  years. 

Sec.  4.  The  board  of  directors  of  the  Illinois  Farmers'  Institute  shall  have  sole  care  and 
disposal  of  all  funds  that  may  be  appropriated  by  the  State  to  sustain  the  organization,  and 
shall  expend  the  same  in  such  manner  as  in  their  judgment  will  best  promote  the  interest 
in  useful  education  among  the  farmers  and  develop  the  agricultural  resources  of  the  State. 
The  Illinois  Farmers'  Institute  shall  make  annual  report  to  the  governor  of  its  transactions, 
which  report  shall  include  papers  pertaining  to  its  work  and  addresses  made  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  organization,  and  a  classified  statement  of  all  moneys  received  and  of  all 
expenditures  made,  and  twenty  thousand  (20,000)  copies  of  said  report  shall  be  printed  on 
or  before  September  1  of  each  fiscal  year,  one-half  for  the  use  of  the  Illinois  Farmers'  Insti- 
tute and  the  remainder  to  the  secretary  of  state  for  distribution.  It  shall  make  no  appro- 
priation without  funds  in  hand  to  meet  the  same,  and  the  State  of  Illinois  shall  in  no  event 
be  held  liable  or  responsible  for  debt,  obligation,  or  contract  made  by  the  Illinois  Farmers' 
Institute  or  its  board  of  directors. 

Sec.  5.  There  shall  be  held  annually,  under  the  direction  of  the  board  of  directors,  be- 
tween October  1  and  March  I  following  of  each  year,  a  public  meeting  of  the  delegates  from 
county  farmers'  institutes  and  of  farmers  of  this  State,  at  such  time  and  place  as  may  be 
determined  by  tin  board  of  directors,  of  not  less  than  three  days'  duration,  which  meeting 
shall  be  held  for  the  purpose  of  developing  the  greater  interest  in  the  cultivation  of  crops,  in 


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t  be  care  and  breeding  of  domestic  animals,  in  dairy  husbandry,  in  horticulture,  in  farm  drain- 
age, in  unproved  highway,  and  general  farm  management,  through  and  by  means  of  liberal 
discussions  <>!'  these  and  kindred  subjects,  and  any  citizen  may  take  pari  in  these  meetings, 
but  only  duly  elected  and  accredited  delegates  from  county  farmers'  institutes  shall  be 
permitted  to  vote  in  the  election  of  the  board  of  directors. 

Sec.  6.  The  members  of  each  new  board  of  directors  shall  enter  upon  their  duties  the 
next  Tuesday  alter  their  elect  ion,  and  hold  their  offices  for  one  or  t  wo  years,  as  provided  in 
section  3,  or  until  their  successors  are  elected  and  enter  upon  their  duties.      It  shall  have 

power  to  fill  vacancies  in  the  board.  It  shall  organize  by  the  election  of  a  president,  vice- 
president,  secretary,  treasurer,  and  State  superintendent  of  fanners'  institutes,  and  such 
other  officers  or  agents  as  may  be  deemed  proper  for  organizing  and  conducting  the  work 
of  the  organization,  who  shall  hold  their  offices  for  one  year,  unless  removed  sooner  by  the 
hoard,  and  shall  perform  such  duties  as  may  be  required  of  them  by  rules  of  the  board. 
The  secretary,  treasurer,  and  superintendent  may  be  other  than  members  of  the  board. 

Se.C.  7.  Rooms  in  the  capitol  building  shall  be  assigned  to  the  officers  of  this  organization 
by  the  proper  authority,  which  shall  then  be  under  the  control  of  the  board  of  directors. 

Sec.  8.  The  board  of  directors  may  make  and  enforce  such  rules  and  by-laws,  not  in  con- 
flict with  the  laws  of  this  State,  as  will  render  its  work  most  useful  and  efficient. 

Sec.  9.  For  the  purpose  mentioned  in  the  preceding  sections,  said  board  of  directors  may 
use  such  sum  as  it  may  deem  proper  and  necessary,  not  exceeding  the  amount  appropriated 
therefor  by  the  general  assembly  from  the  general  fund  for  that  purpose:  Provided  further, 
That  the  (1)  State  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  (2)  professor  of  agriculture  of  the 
University  of  Illinois,  (3)  president  of  the  State  board  of  agriculture,  (4)  president  of  the 
State  Horticultural  Society,  (5)  president  of  the  State  Dairymen's  Association,  and  the 
present  Congressional  representatives  of  the  Illinois  Farmers'  Institute  Association  shall 
constitute  the  first  board  of*  directors  of  this  organization,  who  shall  have  charge  of  the 
affairs  of  the  same  until  their  successors  have  been  duly  elected  and  enter  upon  their  duties 
as  provided  in  this  act. 

AN   ACT    making  an  appropriation    for    the    Illinois    Farmers'   Institute    and    county  farmers- 

institutes. 

Whereas,  to  assist  and  encourage  practical  education  among  farmers  and  for  the  develop- 
ing of  the  agricultural  resources  of  the  State,  the  thirty-ninth  general  assembly  created  an 
organization  under  the  name  and  style  of  the  Illinois  Farmers'  Institute,  and  entrusted  to 
it  the  development  of  greater  skill  in  the  cultivation  of  crops,  in  the  breeding  and  care  of 
domestic  animals,  in  dairy  husbandry,  in  horticulture,  in  farm  drainage,  in  improvement  of 
highways  and  general  farm  management,  through  and  by  means  of  general  discussion  of 
these  and  kindred  subjects,  and  practical  instruction  for  improving  the  condition  of  the 
farmer  by  affording  a  better  knowledge  of  successful  agriculture:  Therefore,  to  sustain 
the  same, 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  people  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  represented  in  the  general  assembly: 

Section  1.  That  there  be,  and  is  hereby,  appropriated  to  the  Illinois  Farmers'  Institute 
the  following  sums,  to  wit:  For  the  salary  of  secretary,  for  clerk  hire,  typewriter,  express- 
age,  postage,  office  expenses,  furniture,  etc.,  the  sum  of  two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars 
($2,500)  per  annum  for  the  fiscal  years  beginning  July  1,  1905  and  1906. 

Sec.  2.  For  the  actual  expenses  of  the  members  of  the  board  of  directors  and  officers  of 
the  Illinois  Farmers'  Institute  in  the  performance  of  their  duties  as  said  members  and  offi- 
cers, for  the  expenses  of  the  State  institute  meeting,  and  for  the  incidental  expenses  in 
promoting  the  development  of  the  farmers'  institute  work  throughout  the  State,  the  sum 
of  five  thousand  dollars  ($5,000)  per  annum  for  the  fiscal  years  beginning  July  1,  1905  and 
1906. 

Sec.  3.  For  the  use  of  each  county  farmers'  institute,  for  the  purpose  of  holding  one  or  more 
county  farmers'  institute  meetings  in  each  county  in  the  State,  the  sum  of  seventy-five 
dollars  ($75)  per  annum  for  the  fiscal  years  beginning  July  1,  1905  and  1906;  said  sum  to 


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be  paid  to  the  treasurer  of  each  county  farmers'  institute  when  such  institute  shall  file  with 
the  secretary  of  the  Dlinois  Farmers'  [nstitute  a  sworn  statement  which  Bhall  sho*  thai 

Said  county  fanner-'  institute  has  held  one  or  more  duly  advertised  public  sessions  annually, 
of  not    less  than  two  day-  each,  at   -oine  easily  access il'le  location,  which  shall  include  an 

itemized  statement  of  the  expense  of  said  meeting,  \\ ith  receipted  rouchen  therefor,  a  copy 
of  jts  printed  program,  and  a  report  of  the  proceedings  showing  the  title  and  author  of  the 
papers  read  and  by  whom  discussed,  place  or  places  <>f  meeting,  with  average  daily  attend- 
ance, and  such  other  information  as  may  he  called  for  by  the   Qlinois  Farmer-'   Institute 

and  oecessary  to  successfully  assist  this  work. 

I.  No  officer  nor  officers  of  any  county  farmer's'  institute  shall  he  entitled  to  receive 
any  moneyed  compensation  whatever  for  any  service  rendered  the  same. 

.*).  That  on  the  order  of  the  president,  approved  by  the  director  of  the  Congres- 
sional district,  the  secretary  of  the  State  farmer-'  institute  -hall  draw  hi-  warrant  on  the 
treasurer  of  the  State  farmer--'  institute,  in  favor  of  the  treasurer  of  the  county  farmers' 
institute,  for  the  sum  herein  appropriated:  Provided,  That  each  warrant  on  account  of  a 
county  farmers'  institute  shall  show  the  county  institute  for  whose  benefit  the  same  is 
drawn:  Provided  further,  That  the  program  and  report  of  proceedings  of  the  county  far- 
mers' institute  for  which  warrant  is  drawn  shall  show  that  some  of  the  following  topics 
have  been  presented  and  discussed,  viz:  Grain  farming,  stock  feeding  and  breeding,  dairy 
husbandry,  orchard  and  -mall  fruit  culture,  farmers'  garden,  domestic  science,  and  any 
subject-  pertaining  to  farm  life:  Provided  further,  That  if  the  necessary  expenses  of  a  county 
farmers'  institute  shall  not  equal  the  sum  of  seventy-five  dollars  ($75),  as  aforesaid,  then 
said  warrant  shall  only  he  drawn  for  the  sum  expended. 

Sec.  6.  It  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  treasurer  of  the  Illinois  Farmers'  Institute  to  pay 
over  to  the  treasurer  of  each  county  farmers'  institute  the  said  sum  of  seventy-five  dollars 
175),  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  received  for  its  use  and  benefit,  as  aforesaid,  and  make 
annual  report  to  the  governor,  as  provided  by  law. 

Sec.  7.  The  State  auditor  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  for  the  sums  herein 
specified  and  deliver  the  same  to  the  treasurer  of  the  Illinois  Farmers'  Institute  upon  his 
presenting  voucher  for  same,  signed  by  the  president  and  secretary  of  said  Illinois  Farmers 
Institute,  and  the  State  treasurer  shall  pay  the  same  out  of  any  money  in  the  State  treasury 
not  otherwise  appropriated. 

Approved  May  12,  1905. 

INDIANA. 

ACT  relative  to  farmers'  institutes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  general  assembly  of  the  State  of  Indiana: 

Section  1.  That  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  committee  of  experimental  agriculture 
and  horticulture  of  the  board  of  trustees,  together  with  the  faculty  of  the  school  of  agri- 
culture of  Purdue  University,  to  appoint,  before  November  1  of  each  year,  suitable  persons 
to  hold  in  the  several  counties  of  this  State,  between  the  first  day  of  November  and  the  first 
day  of  April  of  each  year,  county  institutes  for  the  purpose  of  giving  to  farmers  and  others 
interested  therein  instruction  in  agriculture,  horticulture,  agricultural  chemistry,  and 
economic  entomology. 

Sec.  2.  Such  institutes  shall  be  held  at  such  times  and  places  as  said  committee  and 
faculty  may  determine,  and  under  such  rides,  regulations,  and  methods  of  instruction  as 
they  may  prescribe:  Provided,  however,  That  such  institutes  shall  be  so  conducted  as  to 
give  to  those  attending  the  results  of  the  latest  investigations  in  theoretical  and  practical 
agriculture  and  horticulture. 

Sec.  3.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  act.  paying  the  salaries  of 
instructors  and  other  necessary  expenses,  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  is  hereby  appro- 
priated, to  be  expended  under  the  direction  of  the  said  committee  of  said  board  of  trus 
and  they  shall  annually  report  such  expenditures  and  the  purposes  thereof  to  the  governor. 

Approved  March  9,  1889. 
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The  above  act  was  amended  in  1905  by  increasing  the  appropri- 
ation from  $5,000  to  SI 0,000  per  annum. 

INDIAN  TERRITORY. 

Farmers'  institutes  have  not  yet  been  established  in  Indian  Terri- 
tory. 

IOWA. 

Law  Governing  the  Organization  of  Institutes  (Code  of  Iowa). 

Section  1675.  Farmers'  institutes — State  aid — Appropriation.  When  forty  or  more 
farmers  of  a  county  organize  a  farmers'  county  institute  with  a  president,  secretary,  treas- 
urer, and  executive  committee  of  not  less  than  three  outside  of  such  officers,  and  hold  an 
institute,  remaining  in  session  not  less  than  two  days  in  each  year,  which  institute  may  be 
adjourned  from  time  to  time  and  place  to  place  in  said  county,  the  county  auditor,  upon 
proof  of  such  organization  and  such  institute  having  been  held,  together  with  an  itemized 
statement  showing  the  manner  in  which  the  money  herein  appropriated  has  been  expended, 
shall  certify  the  same  to  the  auditor  of  State,  who  shall  remit  to  the  treasurer  of  such  county 
his  warrant  for  not  to  exceed  seventy-five  dollars,  and  there  is  hereby  appropriated  a  sum 
not  to  exceed  seventy-five  dollars  annually  for  such  institute  work  in  each  county.  No 
officer  of  any  such  farmers'  institute  shall  receive,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  compensation 
from  said  State  fund  for  services  as  such  officer. 

KANSAS. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  farmers'  institutes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

Section  1.  Whenever  any  county  farmers'  institute  association  in  this  State  shall  have 
elected  a  president,  vice-president,  secretary,  and  treasurer,  and  adopted  a  constitution 
and  by-laws  for  its  government,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  commissioners  of  such 
county  to  appropriate  annually  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  neces- 
sary, to  defray  the  legitimate  expenses  of  a  two  days'  institute  at  such  place  in  the  county 
as  may  be  designated  by  the  executive  committee  of  the  institute  association:  Provided, 
That  this  act  shall  not  apply  to  institute  associations  that  have  not  been  in  successful 
operation  at  least  one  year. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  ,   1903. 

The  legislature  has  appropriated  S2,000  a  year  to  pay  the  expenses 
of  the  members  of  the  college  faculty  and  experiment  station  who 
attend  institutes. 

KENTUCKY. 

Tins  State  has  no  institute  law,  and  the  commissioner  proceeds 
as  he  thinks  best  under  a  general  act  of  the  legislature  defining  his 
duties.  The  institute  work  is  conducted  under  the  authority  given 
by  the  following  extracts  from  the  general  law: 

The  efforts  of  the  bureau  shall  be  directed  to  the  promotion  of  agriculture,  horticulture, 
etc.,  and  the  commissioner  shall  promote  and  encourage,  as  far  as  practicable,  societies  and 
other  associations  in  the  several  counties,  and  ascertain  the  agricultural,  horticultural, 
mechanical,  commercial,  and  educational  condition  of  even*  county,  etc.  *  *  *  The 
commissioner  shall  put  himself  in  communication  with  the  different  agricultural,  horti- 
cultural, and  labor  societies,  etc. 


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The  sum  of  $13,000  annually  is  appropriated  to  pay  the  expenses 
and  salaries  of  the  officials,  etc. 

The  discussions  and  papers  read  at  the  institutes  are  printed  by  the 

public  printer  at  low  rates  under  a  contract.     The  director  has  from 

S-.000  to   10.000  copies  of  the  report   of  each  institute  printed  in  the 

form  of  a  supplement,  which  is  distributed  by  the  agricultural  papers 

in  the  State  and  by  the  local  papers  in  the  county  where  the  institute 

IS   held. 

LOUISIANA. 

Article  306.  (Constitution  of  1898.)  The  Louisiana  State  board  of  agriculture  and 
immigration  shall  have  the  control  and  direction  of  all  State  agricultural  organization-  and 
State  farmers'  institutes,  and  shall  adopt  the  needful  measures  for  the  securement  of  proper 
immigration. 

The  State  appropriates  $2,000  per  annum  for  institute  work.  The 
board  of  agriculture  and  immigration  organized  a  farmers'  institute 
committee  on  December  10,  1896,  composed  of  the  president  of  the 
Louisiana  State  University,  the  director  of  the  State  experiment 
stations,  and  the  commissioner  of  agriculture  and  immigration. 

MAINE. 

AN  ACT  to  create  a  State  department  of  agriculture. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  senate  and  house  of  representatives  in  legislature  assembled,  as  follows: 

Section  1.  A  State  department  of  agriculture  for  the  improvement  of  agriculture  and 
the  advancement  of  the  interests  of  husbandry  is  hereby  established.  A  commissioner  of 
agriculture  shall  be  elected  biennially  by  the  legislature  by  joint  ballot  of  the  senators  and 
representatives  in  convention,  and  he  shall  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  provided  by  the 
constitution  of  this  State  and  shall  hold  his  office  as  follows: 

The  term  of  office  of  said  commissioner  shall  be  two  years  and  until  his  successor  is  elected 
and  qualified,  except  that  the  commissioner  first  elected  under  this  act  shall  enter  upon  his 
duties  as  such  commissioner  January  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  two,  and  shall  serve  until 
his  successor  shall  be  elected  by  the  next  legislature  and  qualified.     *     *     * 

Sec.  3.  Said  commissioner  shall  hold  or  cause  to  be  held  two  farmers'  institutes  in  each 
county  annually  and  as  many  more  as  the  appropriation  therefor  will  allow.  The  work  of 
said  institute  shall  be  devoted  to  the  presentation  and  discussion  of  questions  bearing 
upon  agriculture  and  the  agricultural  interests  of  the  State;  and  for  this  purpose  said  com- 
missioner is  authorized  to  employ  speakers  who  are  qualified  and  versed  in  the  subjects 
assigned  them,  and  he  shall  semiannually  publish  in  the  leading  agricultural  paper  of  this 
State  a  list  of  available  speakers  and  their  subjects,  from  which  lists  selections  may  be  made 
for  said  institute  purposes.  He  may  also  appoint  and  employ  assistants,  experts,  lecturers, 
a  stenographer,  and  other  aids  needed  in  conducting  such  institute  work,  and  shall  fix  the 
compensation  of  such  employees.  He  may  hold  such  institutes  independently  or  in  con- 
nection with  other  organizations  devoted  to  agricultural  interests,  and  as  far  as  possible  and 
for  the  best  agricultural  interests  of  the  State,  aid  and  encourage  agricultural  societies  and 
associations  in  the  State:  and  shall  collect  and  preserve  in  his  office,  for  public  inspection, 
all  valuable  data  relating  to  the  practical  work  of  such  societies  and  associations. 

Sec.  4.  Said  commissioner  shall,  in  connection  with,  and  with  the  aid  of  the  State  Dairy- 
men's Association,  annually  hold  a  State  dairymen's  conference  for  the  exhibit  of  dairy 
products  and  appliances,  wherein  prizes  for  high  merit  and  quality  in  butter  and  cheese  may 
be  offered,  and  may  employ  experts  and  lecturers  to  enhance  dairy  interests,  but  the  expenses 
of  the  same  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  annuallv. 


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Sec.  5.  An  appropriation  of  throe  thousand  dollars  annually  shall  be  made  for  said 
institute  work  and  for  all  other  purposes  set  out  in  sections  three  and  four.     *     *     * 

Sec.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  commissioner  annually  to  make  report  to  the  gov- 
ernor and  council,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  January  of  each  year,  of  the  work  of  the 
department  of  agriculture  in  detail,  combining  in  the  same  a  report  of  the  State  Pomo- 
logical  Society,  State  Dairymen's  Association,  and  the  State  of  Maine  Cattle  Commission, 
and  all  other  matters  relating  to  the  promotion  of  agriculture;  and  for  the  purpose  of  mak- 
ing his  said  report  said  society,  association,  and  commission  shall  furnish  said  commissioner 
with  all  necessary  data  therefor  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  December  of  each  year. 

He  shall  further  report  all  farmers'  institutes  held  and  the  work  therein  done,  and  all 
public  lectures  carried  on  under  his  authority;  and  such  part  of  said  reports  as  is  of  public 
interest  shall  be  printed  for  free  distribution.  Six  thousand  copies  shall  be  printed  and 
bound  in  cloth,  to  be  distributed  among  the  agriculturists  of  the  State  after  supplying 
the  necessary  number  for  libraries  and  exchanges;  and  for  the  purpose  of  making  up  his 
report,  as  herein  provided,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  commissioner  to  attend  the  various 
agricultural  exhibitions  in  the  State  and  report  upon  the  quality  and  character  of  the  work 
of  the  same. 

Sec.  9.  Said  commissioner  shall  be  required  to  render,  on  the  first  day  of  January  of  each 
year,  a  detailed  and  itemized  account  of  all  expenses  of  his  office,  of  all  institutes  held,  and 
of  all  moneys  paid  out  for  employees  under  the  provisions  of  this  bill,  also  all  sums  of  money 
paid  for  prizes  on  exhibits  and  for  all  other  purposes.     *     *     * 

MARYLAND. 

(Chapter  102.) 

AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  formation  of  farmers-'  institutes  in  the  State  of  Maryland,  and  to  appro- 
priate a  sum  of  money  therefor. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  general  assembly  of  Maryland: 

Section  1.  That  a  department  of  farmers'  institutes  shall  be  established  for  the  State 
of  Maryland;  that  the  purpose  of  these  institutes  shall  be  to  bring  before  the  farmers  of  the 
State  such  information  as  will  effectually  remedy  many  of  the  existing  evils  now  prevalent 
in  every  department  of  agriculture  as  now  pursued  in  Maryland,  and  that  at  said  institutes 
men  competent  to  instruct  shall  be  present,  and  such  topics  shall  be  discussed  as  pertain 
to  the  principal  agricultural  interests  of  the  several  sections. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  one  such  institute  shall  be  held  in  each  year  in  each 
county  of  the  State,  and  an  additional  one  in  each  county  if  deemed  necessary  and  desirable. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  said  institute  shall  be  under  the  direction  of  a  director 
to  be  appointed  by  the  trustees  of  the  Maryland  Agricultural  College,  who  shall  be  a  person 
well  versed  in  the  profession  of  agriculture  and  of  practical  experience,  whose  title  shall  be 
director  of  farmers'  institutes,  whose  salary  shall  be  fixed  by  said  board  of  trustees  and  paid 
out  of  the  appropriation  hereinafter  provided,  and  whose  duties  shall  be  defined  by  said 
board;  that  the  said  institutes  shall  be  a  department  of  said  college  similar  to  the  experi- 
ment station;  that  all  expenses  of  said  institutes  shall  be  paid  out  of  said  appropriation, 
and  that  said  board  of  trustees  be,  and  hereby  is,  invested  with  all  powers  necessary  to 
carry  into  effect  the  provisions  of  this  act,  but  no  expense  shall  be  incurred  beyond  the 
amount  appropriated. 

Sec.  4.«  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars  per  annum  be,  and 
the  same  hereby  is,  appropriated  for  the  formation  and  support  of  farmers'  institutes  in 
this  State,  and  that  the  comptroller  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  issue  his  warrant 
annually  upon  the  treasurer  of  the  State  for  the  said  sum  of  money  out  of  any  fund  not 
otherwise  appropriated;  that  the  said  sum  of  money  shall  be  payable  to  the  order  of  the 

a  By  the  act  of  1904  the  sum  of  $6,000  is  annually  appropriated,  being  $3,000  more  than 
the  original  appropriation. 


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Maryland  Agricultural  College  on  or  after  the  first  day  <>f  October  <>f  each  fiscal  year,  and 
that  the  first  yearly  payment  shall  be  mad*1  during  the  fiscal  year  ending  September  30, 
eighteen  hundred  and  ninety  -six. 

Skc.  5.  And  hi  it  enacted,  That  accurate  accounts  <>f  the  expenditures  of  the  money 
received  under  this  act  l>c  kept  by  the  registrar  of  the  Maryland  Agricultural  College,  sepa- 
rate from  the  general  college  accounts,  and  that  an  itemized  and  detailed  report  of  such 

expenditure  l»v  made  annually  and  published  in  such  manner  as  the  hoard  of  trustees  of  the 
Maryland  Agricultural  College  shall  direct. 

6.    .1//'/  /"    it  enacted,  That   this  act  shall  take  effect  from  the  date  of  ita  passage. 

Appro  ed  March  27,  L896. 

MA  SSACHUSETTS. 

The  fanners'  institutes  of  Massachusetts  are  held  under  a  general 
law  establishing  the  hoard  of  agriculture,  which  authorizes  it  to  " dis- 
seminate useful  information  in  agriculture  by  lectures  or  otherwise." 

An  appropriation  of  $3,000  was  made  by  the  last  legislature  for  the 
purposes  indicated  in  the  above  extract  from  the  lawr.  This  included 
farmers'  institutes,  the  cost  of  issuing  crop  reports,  nature  leaflets, 
and  bulletins. 

RULES. 

Rule  15  of  the  State  board  of  agriculture  requires  that  "each  agri- 
cultural society  receiving  the  bounty  of  the  Commonwealth  shall  hold 
within  its  limits  not  less  than  three  farmers'  institutes  each  calendar 
year,  and  the  board  shall  render  all  the  assistance  in  its  powder  to  make 
these  institutes  interesting  and  profitable.  The  secretary  of  the 
board  shall  provide  lecturers  for  farmers'  institutes,  so  far  as  the 
appropriation  for  the  object  will  allowT  and  a  wise  expenditure  of  the 
money  warrant,  but  he  shall  not  be  authorized  to  pay  more  than  one 
lecturer  for  each  institute.  The  secretary  of  each  society  shall  be 
required  to  certify  to  the  holding  of  each  institute  on  blanks  fur- 
nished by  the  secretary  of  the  board." 

MICHIGAN. 
Act  137,  Public  Acts,  1899. 

AX  ACT  to  authorize  the  State  board  of  agriculture  to  hold  institutes  and  to  establish  and  main- 
tain courses  of  reading  and  lectures  for  the  instruction  of  citizens  of  this  State  in  the  various 
branches  of  agriculture,  mechanic  arts,  domestic  economy,  and  the  sciences  relating  thereto,  and 
making  an  appropriation  therefor  for  the  fiscal  years  ending  June  thirty,  nineteen  hundred,  and 
June  thirty,  nineteen  hundred  one.  and  to  provide  a  tax  to  meet  the  same. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  Michigan  enact: 

Section  1.  That  the  State  board  of  agriculture  is  hereby  authorized  to  hold  institutes 
and  to  establish  and  maintain  courses  of  reading  and  lectures  for  the  instruction  of  citizens 
of  this  State  in  the  various  branches  of  agriculture,  mechanic  arts,  domestic  economy,  and 
the  sciences  relating  thereto.  The  said  board  shall  formulate  such  rules  and  regulations 
as  it  shall  deem  proper  to  carry  on  the  work  contemplated  in  this  act,  and  may  employ  such 
agent  or  agents  to  perform  such  duties  in  connection  therewith  as  it  shall  deem  best. 

Sec.  2.  In  each  county  where  an  institute  society  shall  be  organized  and  maintained 
under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  the  State  board  of  agriculture  shall  annually  hold  at  least 
one  institute  of  at  least  two  days  in  length.  When  twenty  or  more  persons,  residents  of 
any  county  in  this  State,  shall  organize  themselves  into  a  society,  to  be  called  the — 


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County  Fanners'  Institute  Society,  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  objects  of  this  act, 
and  in  accordance  with  rules  and  regulations  furnished  by  the  State  board  of  agriculVire, 
such  society  shall  Ik1  deemed  an  institute  society  in  the- meaning  of  this  act:  Provided, 
That  not  more  than  one  such  institute  society  in  any  county  shall  be  authorized  by  this  act. 
The  State  board  of  agriculture  shall  hold  one-day  institutes  in  such  counties  of  the  State  as 
it  may  deem  expedient,  but  not  to  (.need  four  annually  in  any  one  county.  The  State  board 
of  agriculture  may  also  hold,  at  such  places  and  times  as  it  may  determine,  special  insti- 
tutes at  which  the  primary  object  shall  l>e  to  furnish  a  school  of  instruction  in  the  lines 
specified  in  section  one  of  this  act. 

Sec.  3.  For  the  purposes  mentioned  in  the  preceding  section,  the  State  board  of  agricul- 
ture may  use  such  sum  as  it  shall  deem  proper,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of  five  thousand  five 
hundred  dollars,  in  the  year  ending  June  thirty,  nineteen  hundred,  and  five  thousand  five 
hundred  dollars  in  the  year  ending  June  thirty,  nineteen  hundred  one:  Provided.  That  two 
hundred  dollars  of  this  appropriation  shall  be  available  before  June  thirty,  eighteen  hundred 
ninety-nine. 

Sec.  4.  The  several  sums  appropriated  by  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  paid  out  of 
the  general  fund  in  the  State  treasury  to  the  treasurer  of  the  State  board  of  agriculture,  at 
such  times  and  in  such  amounts  as  the  general  accounting  laws  of  the  State  prescribe,  and 
the  disbursing  officer  shall  render  his  accounts  to  the  auditor-general  thereunder. 

Sec  5.  The  auditor-general  shall  incorporate  in  the  State  tax  for  the  year  eighteen  hun- 
dred ninety-nine  the  sum  of  five  thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  and  for  the  year  nineteen 
hundred  the  sum  of  five  thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  which,  when  collected,  shall  be 
credited  to  the  general  fund  to  reimburse  the  same  for  the  moneys  hereby  appropriated. 

Ski  .  6.  The  State  board  of  agriculture  is  further  authorized  to  publish  an  annual  report, 
to  be  known  as  the  "  Farmers'  Institute  Bulletin."  of  not  to  exceed  two  hundred  fifty  pages, 
which  shall  contain,  besides  statistical  reports  of  the  work  done  and  expenditures  incurred 
under  this  act.  such  addresses  and  discussions  occurring  at  the  meetings  held  under  this  act 
as  the  board  of  agriculture  shall  deem  of  sufficient  interest  to  warrant  publication.  The 
board  of  State  auditors  is  hereby  directed  to  print  said  report  and  to  caus?  it  to  be  bound 
in  substantial  binding,  in  the  same  manner  as  other  reports  are  printed  and  bound,  and  in 
number  sufficient  to  furnish  one  to  each  member  of  each  county  farmers'  institute  society 
organized  under  this  act,  and  not  to  exceed  one  thousand  five  hundred  in  addition  for  gen- 
eral distribution  by  the  board  of  agriculture.  The  secretary  of  the  State  is  hereby  directed 
to  ship  by  freight  to  the  secretary  of  each  regularly  organized  county  farmers'  institute 
society  a  sufficient  number  of  copies  of  said  report  to  supply  one  to  each  member  of  such 
county  societies. 

Sec.  7.  The  board  of  agriculture,  the  board  of  State  auditors,  and  the  secretary  of  State 
are  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  publish,  print,  bind,  and  distribute  a  similar  report 
for  the  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred  ninety-nine,  as  provided  in  section  four, 
for  future  reports  under  this  act. 

This  act  is  ordered  to  take  immediate  effect. 

Approved  June  21,  1899. 

Act  232.  Public  Acts.  1901. 

Sec.  3.  The  State  board  of  agriculture  is  hereby  authorized  to  hold  institutes  and  to  estab- 
lish and  maintain  courses  of  reading  and  lectures  for  instruction  in  the  various  branches  of 
agriculture,  mechanic  arts,  domestic  economy,  and  the  related  sciences,  which  courses  of 
reading,  instruction,  and  lectures  shall  be  conducted,  governed,  and  controlled  by  act  num- 
ber one  hundred  thirty-seven  of  the  public  acts  of  eighteen  hundred  ninety-nine  providing 
for  the  same:  Providing,  That  not  less  than  seven  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  shall  be 
expended  annually  for  the  purposes  provided  in  said  act:  but  the  number  of  one-day  insti- 
tutes shall  be  determined  by  said  State  board  of  agriculture. 

Approved  June  6,  1901. 


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MINNESOTA. 

AN    ACT   tO  establish  and    maintain    farmers'  institutes   in    Minnesota,  and    to   appropriate  money 

*  _  therefor. 

Be  it  enacted  by  flu  legu&atom  of  tin  8taU  of  Minnesota: 

>i  «  iion  1.  That  the  8Um  of  eighteen  thousand  dollars  (Sl.S,(MM)  >  shall  l><\  and  is  hereby, 
annually  appropriated,  beginning  with  the  fiscal  year  ending  July  31,  1904,  for  the  mainte- 
nance of  farmers'  institutes  to  be  held  in  the  several  counties  of  this  State  as  hereinafter 
provided. 

S«0.  2.  That  the  avenge  OOSl  of  said  fanners'  institutes  to  be  paid  out  of  such  appropria- 
tion shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollar-  s  I  .">(),  .  and  in  such  expendi- 
ture! shall  only  be  included  as  legitimate  and  necessary  the  hoard  and  traveling  expenses 
of  tlie  instructors  and  a  reasonable  compensation  for  their  services.  The  salary  of  the 
.superintendent  and  his  traveling  and  needful  expenses,  together  with  the  cost  of  the  00068- 
aary  outfit  of  models,  charts,  outlines,  etc.,  and  the  expenses  consequent  upon  doing  prelim- 
inary work,  preparatory  to  the  holding  of  these  institutes,  shall  not  be  included  in  calculating 
this  average  cost. 

81  0.  3.  It  is  hereby  provided  that  none  of  these  moneys  shall  be  expended  for  hall  rent, 
fuel,  lights,  local  advertising,  nor  compensation  for  services  of  instructors  other  than  those 
regularly  employed. 

Sec.  4.  That  a  board  of  administration  shall  be,  and  is  hereby,  created  to  superintend  the 
execution  of  this  act ,  and  on  and  after  August  1st,  nineteen  hundred  and  three  (1903),  said 
board  shall  be  constituted  as  follows : 

Three  (3)  members  of  the  board  of  regents  of  the  University  of  Minnesota,  to  be  selected 
by  said  hoard  of  regents,  the  president  of  the  State  Agricultural  Society,  the  president  of  the 
State  Dairy  Association,  and  the  president  of  the  State  Horticultural  Society. 

Sec.  5.  Each  member  of  the  board  of  regents  aforesaid  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  period 
of  his  regency  unless  otherwise  changed  by  an  act  of  the  board  of  regents  of  the  University 
of  Minnesota.  The  president  of  the  said  agricultural  society  shall  hold  his  office  for  three 
years  from  the  first  day  of  August,  nineteen  hundred  and  three  (1903).  The  president  of 
the  State  Dairy  Association  shall  hold  his  office  for  two  years  from  the  first  day  of  August, 
nineteen  hundred  and  three  (1903).  The  president  of  the  State  Horticultural  Society  shall 
hold  his  office  for  the  period  of  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  August,  nineteen  hundred  and 
three  (1903). 

When  the  periods  of  office  of  the  president  of  the  State  Agricultural  Society,  the  president 
of  the  State  Dairy  Association,  and  the  president  of  the  State  Horticultural  Society  shall 
have  expired,  then  the  presidents  of  such  societies  as  named  who  may  have  been  elected  as 
presidents  shall  become  their  successors  in  office,  to  hold  such  offices  for  the  periods  of  three 
j*ears.  Said  board  of  administration  may  select  one  of  its  number  as  president  thereof 
and  one  of  their  number  as  secretary. 

Sec.  6.  This  board  of  administration  is  hereby  empowered,  by  a  majority  vote  thereof,  to 
appoint  a  suitable  and  competent  person  as  State  superintendent  of  farmers'  institutes. 
The  superintendent's  term  of  office  shall  commence  on  August  first,  nineteen  hundred  and 
three  (1903),  and  shall  continue  for  two  years,  subject  to  the  discretion  of  the  board  of 
administration. 

Sec.  7.  The  board  of  administration  shall,  in  conjunction  with  the  superintendent, 
arrange  the  institute  circuits  to  be  held  annually,  determining  the  times  and  places  where 
such  institutes  shall  be  held  during  each  year,  and  shall  audit  the  accounts  as  hereinafter 
provided. 

Sec.  8.  The  duties  of  the  superintendent  of  farmers'  institutes  shall  be  as  follows,  viz:  To 
superintend  the  several  institutes  when  located  as  herein  provided;  to  engage  competent 
instmctors  therefor;  to  receive,  examine,  and  report  upon  all  bills  for  expenses  and  services 
payable  from  established  appropriation;  and  at  the  end  of  each  fiscal  year  to  make  a  detailed 
report  of  all  farmers'  institutes  held  under  his  direction,  with  an  itemized  account  of  all 
expenditures,  under  this  act  during  the  year  last  past  to  said  board  of  administration. 


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Sec.  9.  That  the  expense  of  such  institutes,  together  with  the  salary  of  said  superintend- 
ent,  which  is  hereby  fixed  ut  fifteen  hundred  ($1,500)  dollars  per  annum,  and  the  ne< 
expenses  <>f  hi-  -uperintendenee,  and  all  other  money  named  in  this  act  shall  be  paid  out  of 
said  institute  fund  by  the  State  treasurer  upon  warrants  issued  by  the  State  auditor,  which 
warrant  shall  only  be  drawn  upon  the  certificate  of  the  superintendent  of  institutes, 
approved  by  the  president  of  the  board  coadministration. 

10.  That  said  board  of  administration  is  hereby  empowered  to  act  as  an  auditing 
hoard,  and  shall  receive  and  audit  reports  and  accounts  of  said  superintendent  a-  aforesaid 
at  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year.  Such  auditing  by  said  board  shall  be  final.  Subsequent  to 
such  auditing  all  vouchers  of  accounts  as  approved  by  said  board  of  administration,  includ- 
ing the  report  of  the  superintendent  as  called  for  in  this  act,  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
State  auditor. 

Sec.  11.  The  said  board  of  administration  shall  cause  to  be  published  annually  a  hand- 
book of  practical  agriculture  for  free  distribution  among  the  farmers  of  this  State.  Said 
book  shall  be  called  a  "  Farmers'  Institute  Annual,"  and  the  necessary  expenses  for  such 
publication  shall  be  met  out  of  the  appropriation  herein  made.  All  accounts  for  said  annual 
shall  appear  in  the  annual  report  made  as  hereinbefore  provided. 

Sbc.  12.  In  arranging  for  such  farmers'  institutes,  they  shall  be  held  so  far  as  possible  at 
times  and  places  when  most  convenient  to  the  farmers  of  this  State.  Each  meeting  shall 
continue  for  not  less  than  one  day  nor  more  than  three  days,  with  morning,  afternoon,  and, 
when  practicable,  evening  sessions.  Each  shall  be  free  to  the  public  and  each  shall  consist 
of  practical  and  instructive  lectures  upon  topics  pertaining  to  the  farm  and  home,  with 
incidents  and  addresses,  discussions  and  illustrations  of  such  methods  and  practices  as  pos- 
sess real  merit  and  are  adapted  to  the  conditions  of  our  agriculture,  the  sole  object  and  pur- 
pose of  these  institutes  being  to  disseminate  practical  knowledge  upon  questions  pertaining 
to  agriculture,  horticulture,  stock  and  dairy  farming,  with  the  least  expense  and  incon- 
venience to  the  people  of  the  State. 

Sec.  13.  It  is  hereby  provided  that  the  expenditure  of  moneys  for  institute  expenses 
which  may  be  made  prior  to  August  first  of  any  fiscal  year  from  a  fund  already  provided 
as  due  August  first  of  the  fiscal  year  following  shall  not  be  construed  as  a  deficiency  fund: 
provided,  also,  that  the  fund  then  to  be  due  has  already  been  appropriated  by  the  act  of 
legislature.  By  this  section  the  needs  of  the  institute*s  seasons  can  be  met  and  be  made 
to  harmonize  with  the  fiscal  year  of  the  State. 

Sec.  14.  All  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  15.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  April  14,  1903. 

MISSISSIPPI. 

There  are  no  laws  respecting  farmers'  institutes  in  this  State, 
except  an  item  in  the  act  making  appropriation  to  the  Agricultural 
and  Mechanical  College  for  farmers'  institute  work. 

MISSOITRI. 

The  section  in  the  statutes  of  the  State  of  Missouri  relating  to  the 
farmers'  institute  work  is  section  Xo.  4702.  R.  S.,  1899,  defining  the 
duties  of  the  board. 

Duties  of  the  Board. 

The  State  board  of  agriculture  shall  be.  and  is  hereby,  constituted  the  body  which  shall 
-  ipervision  of  all  the  legalized  departments  and  institutions  of  the  State  which  are 
for  the  advancement  of  agriculture.     It  shall,  as  a  body,  or  by  a  committee  selected  by  the 
board.  l>e  a  board  of  examiners  of  the  State  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  and  Experi- 
ment Station.     While  in  no  way  limiting  the  powers  of  the  board  of  curators  of  the  State 


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University,  the  board  of  examiners  Bhall  at  least  once  in  each  year  carefully  examine  into 
the  affairs  of  the  college  and  experiment  station,  including  the  treasurer's  account,  in  refer- 
ence1 to  the  a  i  in  urn  i  iind  sources  of  the  income  of  the  college  and  experiment  station  and  how 
expended,  the  qualifications  of  those  engaged  in  teaching  and  those  engaged  in  experimental 
work,  and  the  character  of  the  work  done.  The  secretary  of  the  hoard  of  agriculture  shall 
he. furnished  with  the  information  thus  elicited,  together  with  Buch  recommendations  as  may 

be  deemed  necessary  for  publication  in  the  annual  report  of  the  hoard.  The  hoard  of  agri- 
culture shall  have  charge  of  the  veterinary  service  of  the  State,  the  appointment  of  t  he  State 
veterinarian,  and,  with  the  advice  of  the  veterinarian,  of  deputies,  inspectors,  and  other 
assistants.  It  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  hoard,  through  its  secretary,  to  gather  crop  and 
stock  statistics,  meteorological  data,  and  information  as  to  the  best  and  most  profitable 
means  of  farming,  stock  raising,  fruit  growing,  etc.,  and  publish  the  same  in  bulletins  as 
frequently  as  may  he  deemed  expedient;  to  hold  farmers'  institutes  in  different  parts  of 
the  State  for  the  purpose  of  gi\ ing  instruction  in  agriculture:  to  make  an  annual  report  to 
the  general  assembly  of  the  State,  embracing  the  proceedings  of  the  hoard  for  the  past  year, 
and  an  abstract  of  the  reports  and  proceedings  of  the  several  agricultural  societies  of  the 
State,  accompanied  by  such  recommendations,  including  especially  such  a  system  of  public 
instruction  on  these  subjects  as  may  be  deemed  useful. 

MONTANA. 

AN  ACT  entitled  "An  act  to  amend  an  act  providing  for  farmers'  institutes,  and  making  an  appro- 
priation therefor,"  approved  March  14, 1901. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  legislative  assembly  of  the  State  of  Montana: 

Section  1.  That  section  1  of  said  act  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  amended  so  as  to  read 
as  follows: 

"Section  1.  The  board  of  administration  of  the  farmers'  institutes,  as  .provided  for  in 
this  act,  shall  consist  as  follows: 

"The  governor  of  the  State  and  the  director  of  the  Montana  Experiment  Station,  both 
of  whom  shall  be  ex-officio  members,  and  the  presidents  of  the  following-named  organiza- 
tions: 

"The  Montana  Registered  Cattle  Breeders'  Association,  The  Montana  Woolgrowers' 
Association,  The  Montana  Live  Stock  Association,  The  Montana  Horticultural  Society,  The 
Montana  State  Board  of  Horticulture,  The  Montana  Agricultural  Association,  and  the  Mon- 
tana Dairyman's  Association,  when  these  last  two  shall  have  been  duly  organized.  Mem- 
bers of  such  board  of  administration  shall  be  designated  the  'directors  of  the  Montana  farm- 
ers' institutes,'  and  shall  be  authorized  to  hold  institutes  for  the  instruction  of  the  citizens 
of  this  State  in  the  various  branches  of  agriculture,  and  shall  prescribe  such  rules  and  regu- 
lations as  they  may  deem  best  for  organizing  and  conducting  the  same.  Such  institutes 
shall  be  held  at  least  once  in  each  county  in  each  year,  and  at  such  times  and  places  as  the 
directors  may  designate;  provided  the  requirements  of  the  board  of  administration  have 
been  complied  with,  such  as  county  institutes  or  local  organizations  providing  a  suitable 
hall,  lighting  and  heating  the  same,  and  bearing  necessary  advertising  expense.  The  direct- 
ors may  employ  an  agent  or  agents  to  perform  such  work  in  organizing  or  conducting  such 
institutes  as  they  may  deem  best.  A  course  of  instruction  at  such  institutes  shall  be  so 
arranged  as  to  present  to  those  in  attendance  the  results  of  the  most  recent  investigations  in 
theoretical  and  practical  agriculture." 

Sec.  2.  For  the  purpose  mentioned  in  this  act,  the  directors  may  use  the  sum  as  they 
may  deem  proper,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of  four  thousand  dollars  ($4,000)  per  annum,  and 
that  until  otherwise  provided  by  law  the  State  treasurer  shall  pay,  out  of  any  money  in  the 
State  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  a  sum  not  to  exceed  four  thousand  dollars 
($4,000)  during  each  fiscal  year  hereafter,  on  the  order  of  the  said  board  of  directors.  Each 
institute  held  under  the  authority  of  this  act  shall  he  entitled  to  a  sum  not  exceeding  fifty 
($o0)  dollars  from  the  amount  appropriated  under  this  act. 


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Sec.  3.  That  section  ">  of  said  act  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  Amended  so  as  to  read  as 
follows: 

"Section  5.  Thai  immediately  upon  the  passage  and  approval  of  this  act,  the  hoard  of 
administration  shall  meet  in  the  city  of  Helena  and  arrange  for  the  first  series  of  institutes 
throughout  the  State,  and  I  hereafter  such  hoard  shall  meet  annual  I  v  on  the  second  Tuesday 
in  September  to  arrange  for  such  institutes,  and  they  shall  again  meet  on  the  second  Tues- 
day in  March  of  each  year  to  audit  all  expenditures  and  arrange  for  the  printing  in  pamphlet 
form,  within  sixty  days  of  said  meeting,  of  the  Institute  Annual,  and  that  the  cost  of  said 
annual  shall  not  exceed  one  thousand  five  hundred  ($1,500)  dollars  in  any  one  year." 

Sec.  4.  That  all  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  be,  and 
the  same  are  hereby,  repealed. 

Sec.  5.  This  act  shall  take  effed  from  and  alter  its  approval. 

Approved  March  0,  1903. 

NEBRASKA. 

There  is  no  State  law  under  which  farmers'  institutes  are  held  in 
Nebraska.  The  institutes  were  started  through  the  cooperation  of 
the  several  State  societies  interested  in  agriculture  with  the  Univer- 
sity of  Nebraska.  The  university  will  devote  $6,000  per  year  to  the 
work  of  farmers'  institutes  during  the  next  biennium.  The  univer- 
sity employs  a  superintendent  of  farmers'  institutes,  who  is  the 
director  of  the  experiment  station,  and  also  an  assistant  superin- 
tendent, who  has  charge  of  the  field  work. 

Except  at  entirely  new  points  the  hotel  bills  of  the  speakers  are 
paid  by  the  local  organization,  which  cooperates  with  the  State  organ- 
ization. The  local  organization  also  bears  the  expenses  of  hall  rent, 
heating  and  lighting,  and  local  advertising. 

NEVADA 

There  are  no  laws  in  Nevada  with  respect  to  the  organization  and 
conducting  of  farmers'  institutes.  The  institutes  are  held  under  the 
direction  of  the  experiment  station  staff. 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 
Public  Statutes  of  New  Hampshire.     Chapter  12 

Sec.  9.  The  secretary  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  the  proceedings  of  the  board,  which  shall 
be  open  at  all  times  to  public  inspection.  He  shall  aid  the  board  by  obtaining  all  the  infor- 
mation he  can  concerning  the  adaptation  of  the  soils  and  climate  of  the  State  to  the  raising 
of  grasses,  grains,  vegetables,  fruits  and  other  products:  the  best  methods  for  their  culti- 
vation; the  production  and  rearing  of  domestic  animals:  the  machinery  and  implements 
best  adapted  to  the  requirements  of  farmers  and  horticulturists,  and  all  other  subjects 
that  will  increase  the  prosperity  and  profit  of  agricultural  and  horticultural  pursuits  in  the 
State.  He  shall  make  arrangements  for,  give  public  notice  of,  and,  if  possible,  personally 
attend  the  farmers'  meetings  authorized  by  the  board,  and  report  to  the  board  all  the  important 
information  there  obtained.     He  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  assigned  to  him 

by  the  board. 

NEW  JERSEY. 

The  farmers'  institutes  in  New  Jersey  are  organized  and  conducted 
under  authority  granted  to  the  State  board  of  agriculture  by  the  legis- 
lature.    The  section  of  the  act  is  as  follows: 


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Be  it  enacted,  That  in  order  to  collect  and  disseminate  reliable  and  useful  information 
and  to  encourage  a  higher  standard  in  the  agriculture  and  horticulture  of  the  State  the 
executive  commit  tec  arc  hereby  authorized  to  cause  to  l>c  made  experimental  and  practical 
tests  of  specific  remedies  or  cures  of  diseases  of  domestic  animate  and  poultrj  and  toemploj 

suitable  persons  to  lecture  before  the  State  hoard  of  agriculture,  at  its  annual  OT  other  meet- 
ings, and  in  the  counties  of  the  State  as  far  a-  the  sum  herein  appropriated  will  allow. 

The  executive  committee  of  the  State  hoard  of  agriculture  has  dele- 
gated the  management  and  conduct  of  the  institutes  to  the  secretary 

of  the  board. 

NEW  MEXICO. 

In  New  Mexico  the  farmers'  institute  work  has  been  done  by  the 
Agricultural  College  and  Experiment  Station  Thus  far  there  has 
been  no  legislation  providing  for  the  organization  of  institutes. 

At  the  suggestion  of  the  station  staff  and  faculty  of  the  college  the 
board  of  regents  appropriated  a  sum  of  money  sufficient  to  pay  the 
expenses  of  the  lecturers  employed. 

NEW  YORK. 

Section  2  of  article  1  of  the  New  York  State  agricultural  law,  chap- 
ter 338,  passed  in  1893,  defines  the  duties  of  the  commissioner  of  agri- 
culture as  follows: 

The  commissioner  of  agriculture  shall  be  the  chief  of  the  department.  *  *  *  The 
commissioner  of  agriculture  shall  be  appointed  by  the  governor,  by  and  with  the  advice 
and  consent  of  the  Senate.  His  term  of  office  shall  be  three  years.  *  *  *  He  may 
appoint  a  director  of  farmers'  institutes.     *     *     * 

The  bill  further  provides  "that  all  accounts  and  expenses  of  the 
department  authorized  by  law  shall  be  paid  by  the  treasurer  on  the 
warrant  of  the  comptroller  after  they  have  been  audited." 

The  annual  appropriation  bill  contains  a  clause  which  reads:  "To 
the  department  of  agriculture  for  holding  farmers'  institutes,  $20,000, 
or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  needed." 

In  the  State  printing  law  there  is  a  provision  for  printing,  among 

other  of  the  public  documents,  the  report  of  the  bureau  of  farmers' 

institutes. 

NORTH  CAROLINA. 

The  legislature  of  North  Carolina,  by  an  act  which  went  into  effect 
March  9,  1901,  makes  it  the  duty  of  the  commissioner  of  agriculture, 
by  and  with  the  consent  and  advice  of  the  board  of  agriculture,  to 
hold  "farmers'  institutes  in  the  several  counties  of  the  State  as  fre- 
quently as  may  be  deemed  advisable  in  order  to  instruct  the  people 
in  improved  methods  in  farming,  in  the  beneficial  use  of  fertilizers  and 
composts,  and  to  ascertain  the  wants  and  necessities  of  the  various 
farming  communities;  and  may  collect  the  papers  and  addresses 
made  at  these  institutes  and  publish  the  same  in  pamphlet  form  annu- 
ally for  distribution  among  the  farmers  of  the  State.     He  may  secure 


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such  assistant-  as  may  be  necessary  or  beneficial  in  holding  such 
institute 

NORTH  DAKOTA. 

Sections  1.  •  ">.  and  5  of  the  following  act  creating  a  State  farmers' 
institute  board  of  directors  and  regulating  the  holding  of  such  in.-ti- 
tuto  constitute  portions  of  a  Law  that  went  into  effect  July  1,  190T. 

Sections  2  and  4  are  amendments  to  the  foregoing  act  and  were 
approved  March  15,  1905. 

Scetion  1.  There  is  hereby  established  a  farmers'  institute  board  composed  of  the  pres- 
ident of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  North  Dakota  Agricultural  College,  the  commissioner 
of  agriculture  and  labor,  the  director  of  the  experiment  station,  the  professor  of  agriculture, 
and  the  professor  of  dairying  of  the  North  Dakota  Agricultural  College. 

Sec.  2.  (ORGANIZATION  of  board.)  The  State  farmers'  institute  board  of  directors 
shall  have  power  to  organize  by  electing  one  of  its  members  to  act  as  president  and  one  to 
act  as  secretary,  and  it  is  hereby  made  its  duty  to  employ  a  director  of  farmers'  institutes 
and  such  other  institute  lecturers  as  may  be  deemed  necessary;  to  authorize  the  holding 
of  not  less  than  fifty  institutes  each  year,  the  same  to  be  of  such  a  nature  as  to  instruct  the 
farmers  of  the  State  in  maintaining  the  fertility  of  the  soil,  the  improvement  of  cereal  crops 
grown  in  the  State,  principles  of  breeding  as  applied  to  domestic  animals,  the  making  and 
handling  of  dairy  products,  the  destruction  of  noxious  weeds  and  injurious  insects,  forestry. 
and  growing  of  fruits,  feeding  and  management  of  live  stock,  and  in  general  such  instruc- 
tion as  will  tend  to  promote  the  prosperity,  home  life,  and  comfort  of  the  farming  population. 

Sec.  3.  No  member  of  this  board  shall  receive  any  compensation  for  his  services,  but 
shall  be  allowed  his  actual  and  necessary  traveling  expenses  when  engaged  upon  business 
connected  with  the  proper  discharge  of  his  duties  under  this  act. 

Sec  4.  (Appropriation  for  institutes.)  There  is  hereby  appropriated,  out  of  any 
money  in  the  State  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  six  thousand  dollars 
annually  for  carrying  out  the  purposes  of  this  act.  All  charges,  accounts,  and  expenses 
authorized  by  this  act  shall  be  paid  by  the  treasurer  of  the  State,  upon  the  approval  of  the 
State  board  of  audit,  when  certified  by  the  president  and  secretary  of  the  board  of  directors. 

Sec  5.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  are  hereby 
repealed. 

OHIO. 

Law  Governing  Farmers'  Institute  Societies  in  Ohio. 
[Passed  April  26,  1890.  and  amended  April  27,  1896.] 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  general  assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  1.  That  when  twenty  or  more  persons,  residents  of  any  county  in  the  State, 
organize  themselves  into  a  farmers'  institute  society,  for  the  purpose  of  teaching  better 
methods  of  farming,  stock  raising,  fruit  culture,  and  all  branches  of  business  connected 
with  the  industry  of  agriculture,  and  adopt  a  constitution  and  by-laws  agreeable  to  rules 
and  regulations  furnished  by  the  State  board  of  agriculture:  and  when  such  society  shall 
have  elected  proper  officers  and  performed  such  other  acts  as  may  be  required  by  the  rules 
of  the  State  board  of  agriculture,  such  society  shall  be  deemed  a  body  corporate'. 

Sec  2.  Not  to  exceed  four  farmers'  institute  societies  organized  under  the  provisions 
of  this  act.  shall  hold  annual  meetings  under  the  auspices  of  the  State  board  of  agriculture, 
in  any  one  county  in  the  State,  and  the  State  board  of  agriculture  shall  have  power  to  deter- 
mine the  number  and  name  the  times  and  places  for  holding  such  institute  meetings. 

Sec.  3.  When  a  society  organized  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  have  held  an 
annual  farmers'  institute  meeting  in  accordance  with  the  rules  of  the  State  board  of  agri- 
culture, the  secretary  of  said  board  shall  issue  certificates,  one  to  the  president  of  the  farm- 
ers' institute  society  and  one  to  the  president  of  the  State  board  of  agriculture,  setting  forth 


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these  facts,  and  on  the  presentation  of  these  certificates  to  the  county  auditor,  he  Bhall 
each  year  draw  orders  on  the  treasurer  of  the  count}  as  follow- ;  Based  on  the  last  previous 

national  census,  a  sum  equal  to  three  mills  for  each  inhabitant  of  the  county  in  favor  of 
the  president  of  the  State  hoard  of  agriculture,  and  a  sum  equal   to  three  mills  for  each 

inhabitant  of  the  county  in  favor  of  the  president  of  the  farmer-'  institute  society,  where 
bul  one  society  is  organized,  hut  in  counties  where  there  are  more  than  one  farmers'  insti- 
tute society  organized  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  holding  meetings  under  the 
auspices  and  by  direction  of  the  State  board  of  agriculture,  the  --aid  three  mill-  for  each 

inhabitant  shall  he  equally  apportioned  among  such  societies,  and  warrants  in  the  proper 

amounts  issued  to  the  respective  presidents,  and  the  treasurer  of  the  county  shall  pay  the 
same  from  the  county  fund:  Provided,  That  in  no  county  shall  the  total  annual  sum  excel  d 
two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars:  And  provided  fu  it  ha  ,  That  the  payment  to  any  institute 
society  shall  not  exceed  the  expense,  as  per  detailed  statement,  provided  in  section  four 
of  this  act. 

Sec.  4.  With  each  certificate  of  the  secretary  of  the  State  board  of  agriculture  to  the 
county  auditor,  which  certificate  shall  indicate  the  number  of  societies  organized  in  the 
county  and  holding  meetings  by  direction  of  the  State  board  of  agriculture,  and  before  the 
auditor  issues  his  order  upon  the  treasurer,  there  shall  be  filed  with  the  auditor  a  detailed 
statement  of  the  expenses  of  the  institute  for  the  current  year,  no  part  of  which  shall  he  foi 
salaries  of  officers  of  the  institute  society,  but  this  provision  shall  not  apply  to  the  order 
in  favor  of  the  president  of  the  State  board  of  agriculture,  which  board  shall  issue  state- 
ment as  required  in  section  six  of  this  act 

Sec.  5.  At  the  annual  farmers'  institute  meetings,  held  under  the  provisions  of  this  act 
and  under  the  auspices  of  the  State  board  of  agriculture,  the  said  board  shall  furnish  lectur- 
ers or  speakers  whose  compensation  and  expenses  shall  be  paid  by  the  board. 

Sec.  6.  At  the  close  of  each  season's  institute  work,  the  State  board  of  agriculture  shall 
publish  in  pamphlet  or  book  form  such  lectures  and  papers  delivered  at  the  several  insti- 
tute meetings  as  may  seem  of  general  interest  and  importance  to  the  farmers,  stock  breed- 
ers, and  horticulturists  of  the  State,  copies  of  which  shall  be  furnished  the  secretary  of  each 
institute  society,  and  the  balance  issued  to  be  for  general  distribution;  the  cost  of  prepar- 
ing the  matter  and  the  distribution  of  the  pamphlet  or  book  to  be  paid  by  the  State  board 
of  agriculture.  Said  board  shall  also  publish  in  such  pamphlet  or  book  a  detailed  state- 
ment of  its  receipts  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  the  disbursements  on  account  of 
institute  work. 

Sec.  7.  Said  original  act,  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  for  the  organization  and  support 
of  farmers'  institutes,"  passed  April  26,  1890,  is  hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect 
and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage. 

OKLAHOMA. 

AX  ACT  establishing  a  board  of  agriculture  and  defining  its  duties,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  legislative  assembly  of  the  Territory  of  Oklahoma: 
Section  1.  That  a  board  of  agriculture  is  hereby  created,  said  board  to  consist  of  six 
members  and  the  governor  of  Oklahoma,  who  shall  be  an  ex-officio  member.  The  six  mem- 
bers shall  be  elected  by  annual  meetings  of  delegates  from  county  institutes  to  be  held  as 
hereinafter  provided.  As  soon  after  the  passage  and  approval  of  this  act  as  nine  county 
farmers'  institutes  shall  have  been  duly  chartered  and  organized  as  hereinafter  provided, 
the  secretary  of  the  Territory  shall  notify  the  governor,  whose  duty  it  shall  then  be  to  call 
a  meeting  of  the  delegates  elected  by  such  institutes,  said  meeting  to  be  held  at  the  Terri- 
torial capital,  for  the  purpose  of  electing  the  six  members  of  said  hoard,  of  whom  two  shall 
be  elected  for  the  full  term  of  three  years,  two  for  the  term  of'two  years,  and  two  for  the 
term  of  one  year,  and  thereafter  two  members  shall  be  so  elected  for  the  full  term  of  three 
years  at  each  annual  meeting.  If  vacancies  occur  in  the  membership  from  any  cause,  the 
governor  shall  fill  the  same  by  appointment,  on  recommendation  of  the  board,  until  the 


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next  annua]  meeting,  when  such  vacancies  shall  be  filled  by  election  for  the  remainder  of 

(he  unexpired  term. 

Sec.  2.  Members  of  the  board  of  agriculture  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  on  every  propixsi- 
( ion  with  the  delegates  from  the  several  farmers'  institutes  in  the  annual  meeting.  *  *  * 
The  secretary  slmll  perform  such  duties  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  by  the  board.  It  shall 
also  1m>  the  duty  of  the  secretary  of  the  board  to  cooperate  with  the  faculty  of  the  agricul- 
tural and  mechanical  college  and  the  stall"  of  the  agricultural  experiment  station  in  the  prep- 
aration of  programmes  for  institute  meetings,  and  to  attend  the  annual  meeting  of  each 
county  farmers'  institute.  The  powers  and  duties  of  the  board  of  agriculture  shall  include 
the  collection  and  publication  of  statistical  information  concerning  agriculture,  horticul- 
ture, animal  husbandry,  and  kindred  industries  of  Oklahoma,  and  it  shall  have  supervision 
of  the  county  farmers'  institute  system.     *     *     * 

Sec.  4.  The  board  of  agriculture  shall  issue  an  annual  report  summarizing  the  statistics 
collected  as  hereinafter  provided,  detailing  an  account  of  the  work  of  the  board  during  the 
preceding  year,  reviewing  the  work  of  the  county  farmers'  institutes,  and  containing  an 
account  of  the  proceedings  of  the  annual  meeting  of  the  board. 

Sec.  5.  Upon  application  of  not  less  than  fifteen  farmers  resident  in  one  county,  the  sec- 
retary of  the  Territory  shall  issue  a  charter  for  a  corporation  to  be  known  as  the  county 
farmers'  institute  for  each  county.  Each  county  farmers'  institute  shall  hold  its  annual 
meeting  at  the  county  seat  upon  a  date  determined  and  announced  by  the  board  of  agri- 
culture. The  programmes  of  such  annual  meetings  shall  include  the  discussion  of  matters 
pertaining  to  agriculture,  and  shall  be  published  at  least  one  month  before  the  advertised 
date  of  the  institute.  Each  institute  shall,  at  its  annual  meeting,  elect  one  delegate  to  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  board  of  agriculture.  Delegates  to  the  annual  meeting  of  said  board 
shall  receive  compensation  at  the  rate  of  two  dollars  per  day  for  not  more  than  three  days 
and  three  cents  per  mile  for  each  mile  necessarily  traveled  in  going  to  and  returning  from 
such  meeting,  said  mileage  and  per  diem  to  be  paid  by  the  territorial  treasurer  upon  war- 
rants to  be  drawn  by  the  territorial  auditor.  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to 
prevent  any  county  institute  from  holding  meetings  at  such  other  times  and  places  as  its 
officers  and  members  may  determine. 

OREGON. 

The  act  providing  for  the  holding  of  agricultural  institutes  and 
appropriating  money  for  their  maintenance  is  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  board  of  regents  of  the  State  agricultural  college  is  hereby  authorized 
to  hold  institutes  for  the  instruction  of  citizens  of  this  State  in  the  various  branches  of  agri- 
culture. Such  institutes  shall  be  held  at  such  times  and  at  such  places  as  said  board  may 
direct.  The  said  board  shall  make  such  rules  and  regulations  as  it  may  deem  proper  for 
organizing  and  conducting  such  institutes,  and  shall  employ  an  agent  or  agents  to  perform 
such  work  in  connection  therewith  as  they  may  deem  best.  The  course  of  instruction  at 
such  institutes  shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  present  to  those  in  attendance  results  of  the  most 
recent  investigations  in  theoretical  and  practical  agriculture. 

Sec.  2.  For  the  purpose  mentioned  in  the  preceding  section,  the  said  board  may  use  such 
sum  as  it  may  deem  proper,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of  $2,500  in  any  one  year,  from  the  gen- 
eral fund  and  such  amount  is  hereby  annually  appropriated  for  that  purpose. 

Approved ,  1905. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

The  farmers'  institutes  in  Pennsylvania  were  established  under 
the  act  of  assembly  of  March  13,  1895,  section  3  of  which  is  as  follows: 

There  shall  be  one  deputy  secretary,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  governor  for  a  term 
of  four  years,  at  a  salary  of  $3,000  a  year,  who  shall  also  be  director  of  institutes. 


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The  same  act,  section  5,  provides — 

Tlrjt  it  shall  be  the  duiv  <>f  the  superintendent  of  institutes  (<>  arrange  them  in  such  man- 
ner as  to  time  and  places  of  holding  the  same  as  to  secure  the  greatest  economy  and  effi- 
ciency of  service, and  to  this  end  he  shall,  in  each  county  where  such  institutes  are  to  he 
held,  confer  and  advise  with  the  local  member  of  the  State  board  of  agriculture,  together 
with  representatives  duly  appointed  by  each  county  agricultural,  horticultural,  and  other 
like  organizations  with  reference  to  the  appointment  of  speakers  and  other  local  arrange- 
ments. 

The  institutes  are  supported  by  biennial  appropriations  by  the 
legislature  made  to  the  department  of  agriculture.  The  appropria- 
tion for  the  two  years  of  190")  and   190G  is  $17,500  per  annum  for 

institute  purposes. 

PORTO   RICO. 

There  has  been  no  legislation  in  Porto  Rico  respecting  the  organ- 
ization of  farmers'  institutes.  The  special  agent  in  charge  of  the 
agricultural  experiment  station  reports  that  an  agricultural  society 
has  been  organized,  and  institutes  will  be  held  under  the  auspices  of 
this  association  during  the  coming  year. 

RHODE  ISLAND. 

Farmers'  institutes  in  Rhode  Island  are  conducted  under  authority 
granted  by  the  general  assembly  in  an  act  passed  May  19,  1892,  sec- 
tion 4  of  which  is  as  follows: 

The  board  shall  hold  one  agricultural  institute  in  each  county  annually,  either  independ- 
ently or  in  connection  with  any  society  or  association,  or  other  organization  devoted  to  the 
same  general  objects,  and  may  hold  as  many  more  as  it  shall  deem  expedient,  and  shall,  as 
far  as  practicable,  encourage  State  and  local  associations  and  societies  in  the  interests  of 
agriculture. 

The  arranging  for  the  holding  of  institutes  is  committed  by  the 
State  board  of  agriculture  to  its  secretary,  and  the  expenses  are  paid 
by  the  board  out  of  the  annual  appropriation  of  $20,000  appropriated 
for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  several  provisions  of  the  act  by 
winch  the  board  is  constituted. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA. 

There  is  no   specific  law  in  this  State  authorizing  the  holding  of 

farmers'  institutes.     Institutes,  however,  are  held  under  authority 

granted  by  the  board  of  trustees  of  Clemson  Agricultural  College.     A 

committee  of  this  board  makes  out  the  programme  for  the  year  and 

appoints  an  officer  to  take  charge  of  the  work  of  conducting  the 

meetings. 

SOUTH  DAKOTA. 

AN  ACT  to  establish  and  maintain  farmers'  institutes  in  the  State  of  South  Dakota. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  legislature  of  the  State  of  South  Dakota: 

Section  1.  That  there  is  hereby  created  a  State  farmers'  institute  board,  to  be  composed 
of  the  president  of  the  agricultural  college  and  the  two  members  of  the  State  board  of  regents 


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who  are  at  the  time  acting  <>n  the  committee  for  the  agricultural  college.  The  term  of  office 
as  members  <>f  such  institute  board  shall  terminate  with  the  expiration  of  their  term  of  office, 
;i^  above  mentioned.  ' 

Sec.  2.  Hie  State  farmers'  institute  board  shall  have  authority  to  hold  institutes  of  not 
to  exceed  three  days,  at  such  times  and  places  within  the  State  as  in  their  judgment  the 
needs  of  the  people  demand,  which  shall  be  free  to  the  public,  and  shall  consist  of  practical 
and  instructive  lecture-,  addresses,  discussions,  illustrations,  and  demonstrations  on  the 
subject  of  agriculture  in  all  its  branches,  and  such  other  matters  as  are  of  interest  to  the 
farming  people  of  the  State. 

Sec.  3.  The  necessary  and  actual  expenses  incurred  in  the  arranging  for  and  conduct  of 
such  institutes,  including  such  machinery,  models,  maps,  chart-,  and  other  apparatus  as 
shall  be  needed  for  the  proper  presentation  of  the  various  subjects,  shall  be  paid  out  of  the 
appropriation  hereinafter  provided,  in  the  manner  provided  by  law  for  the  payment  of 
other  State  expenses:  Provided,  That  there  shall  be  no  expenditure  for  hall  rent,  fuel,  lights, 
local  advertising,  or  local  speakers,  in  connection  with  the  holding  of  such  institutes,  except 
when  deemed  necessary  by  the  institute  board. 

Sec.  4.  The  said  board  shall  have  authority  to  engage  such  instructors  as  are  needed  for 
the  proper  presentation  of  the  various  subjects  at  such  institutes,  each  of  whom  shall  be  a 
specialist  on  the  subject  he  is  to  present,  and  to  allow  them  a  reasonable  compensation  for 
their  sen-ices,  together  with  their  necessary  and  actual  expenses  while  so  employed. 

Sec.  5.  The  said  board  shall  have  authority  to  do  such  advertising  and  publish  such  mat- 
ters for  free  distribution  as  they  may  deem  advisable  for  the  best  interests  of  the  farmers  of 
the  State. 

Sec.  6.  For  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  the  above  act,  there  is  hereby 
appropriated  out  of  any  money  in  the  State  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum 
of  five  thousand  dollars  ($5,000)  annually. 

Approved  March  3,  1905. 

TENNESSEE. 

Tennessee  has  no  special  law  governing  farmers'  institutes.  The 
legislature  makes  an  appropriation  to  the  department  of  agriculture 
to  be  used  by  the  commissioner  for  institute  purposes.  The  commis- 
sioner selects  the  lecturers,  arranges  the  programmes,  and  decides 
the  places  and  times  for  holding  the  institutes. 

The  appropriation  made  for  1905  is  So, 000. 

TEXAS. 

The  legislature  of  Texas  in  1903  made  an  appropriation  of  So, 400 
to  the  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  for  farmers'  institute  pur- 
poses for  two  years.  A  member  of  the  faculty  was  appointed  by  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  college  to  take  charge  of  organizing  and  con- 
ducting the  institutes.  The  director  and  the  president  of  the  college 
arrange  the  dates,  places,  and  programmes  for  institute  meetings. 
All  of  the  local  expenses  are  met  by  the  citizens  of  the  community  in 
which  the  institute  is  held. 

The  legislature  of  1905  failed  to  make  an  appropriation  for  the 
institute  work.  The  board  of  directors  of  the  Agricultural  and 
Mechanical  College  have,  however,  made  provision  for  its  continu- 
ance. 


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The  director  of  this  department  of  the  college  will  furnish  to  any 
institute,  when  requested,  agricultural,  horticultural,  and  live  stock 
information.  He  will  also  aid  in  organizing  county  institutes,  and 
will  supply  those  who  wish  to  establish  institute  organizations  a  copy 
of  const  it  ut  ion,  by-laws,  rules  of  order,  and  order  of  business  for  t  heir 
guidance. 

UTAH. 
State  Law   Providing  fob  Farmers'  [nstttdtes. 

/><  it  enacted  by  flu  legislatun  of  flu  state  of  Utah: 

Section  1.  The  trustees  of  the  Agricultural  College  of  Utah,  with  the  advice  of  the  fac- 
ulty of  said  college,  are  hereby  authorized  and  required  to  hold  institutes  for  the  instruc- 
tion of  the  citizens  of  this  State  in  the  various  branches  of  agriculture.  Such  institutes 
shall  he  held  at  least  once  in  each  county  each  school  year,  beginning  July  1,  1890,  and  at 
such  times  and  at  such  places  as  the  trustees  and  faculty  may  direct,  and  they  shall  make 
such  rules  and  regulations  as  they  deem  proper  for  organizing  and  conducting  such  insti- 
tutes and  may  employ  an  agent  or  agents  to  perforin  such  work,  in  connection  with  the 
faculty  of  the  college,  as  they  may  deem  best.  The  course  of  instruction  at  such  institutes 
shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  present  to  those  in  attendance  the  results  of  the  most  recent  inves- 
tigations in  theoretical  and  practical  agriculture. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  those  conducting  institutes  in  any  county  or  precinct  in 
this  State,  under-  the  provisions  of  this  act,  to  encourage  and  assist  in  the  organization  of 
local  agricultural  societies. 

Sec.  3.  At  the  close  of  each  season's  institute  work  the  trustees  aforesaid  will  cause  to 
he  published  in  book  or  pamphlet  form,  for  free,  distribution  to  the  farmers  of  the  State, 
an  annual  report  of  the  institute  work,  which  report  shall  contain  the  leading  papers  and 
discussions  presented  at  the  institute  meetings  of  the  State. 

Sec.  4.  For  the  purposes  mentioned  in  this  act  said  trustees  may  use  such  sum  as  they 
may  deem  proper,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  in  any  one  year,  and 
such  amount  is  hereby  annually  appropriated  for  that  purpose  out  of  any  moneys  in  the 
State  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 

Approved  March  28,  1896. 

VERMONT. 

Farmers'  institutes  in  the  State  of  Vermont  are  under  the  control 
of  the  State  board  of  agriculture  as  organized  by  the  following  act  of 
assembly : 

Sec.  245.  The  governor,  the  president  of  the  University  of  Vermont  and  State  Agricul- 
tural College,  and  three  other  persons  appointed  b}^  the  governor  and  confirmed  by  the  sen- 
ate during  each  biennial  session  of  the  general  assembly,  and  who  shall  hold  their  office  for 
the  term  of  two  years  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  December  in  the  year  in  which  the 
appointment  is  made,  shall  constitute  the  board  of  agriculture  for  the  improvement  of  the 
general  interests  of  husbandry,  the  promotion  of  agricultural  education  throughout  the 
State,  and  for  the  discharge  of  such  other  duties  as  are  hereinafter  set  forth.  Vacancies 
in  the  board  shall  be  filled  by  the  governor.  Said  board  shall  appoint  from  its  number  a 
secretary. 

Sec.  246.  The  board  shall  hold  one  meeting  in  each  county  annually,  and  others  if  deemed 
expedient,  and  may  employ  lecturers,  essayists,  or  other  aid  in  conducting  said  meetings, 
managing  its  affairs  generally  and  discharging  its  duties.  At  such  meetings  it  shall  present 
subjects  for-  discussion,  and  among  other  topics  forestry  and  tree  planting,  roads  and  road 
making. 


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Sec.  247.  The  secretary  shall  prepare,  on  or  before  the  thirtieth  day  of  June,  annually, 
a  detailed  report  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board,  with  such  suggestions  in  regard  to  its 
duties  and  the  advancement  of  the  interests  herein  specified  as  may  seem  pertinent  f  and 
he  may  append  thereto  such  abstracts  of  the  proceedings  of  the  several  agricultural  societies 
and  farmers'  clubs  in  the  State  as  may  be  advisable  The  report  shall  show  under  sepa- 
rate heads  the  work  of  the  board  relating  to  the  different  subjects  herein  mentioned. 

Sec.  248.  The  board  shall  collect  authentic  statistical  information,  as  full  as  possible, 
relating  to  agriculture  and  agricultural  products,  farms  and  farm  property,  the  manufac- 
turing and  mining  industries  of  the  State,  which,  under  a  separate  head,  shall  form  a  part 
of  its  annual  report;  and  such  information  shall  be  complete  as  to  unoccupied  farms.  The 
board  shall  also  publish  such  information  in  separate  form,  showing,  by  description  and 
illustrations,  the  resources  and  attractions  of  Vermont;  also  advantages  the  State  offers, 
and  invitations  it  extends  to  capitalists,  tourists,  and  farmers,  and  shall  distribute  the  same 
in  such  manner  as,  in  its  judgment,  will  be  most  effective  in  developing  the  resources  and 
advertising  the  advantages  of  the  State. 

VIRGINIA. 

The  original  act  providing  for  farmers'  institutes  in  the  State  of 
Virginia  was  enacted  in  1893. 

By  act  approved  May  20,  1903,  this  law  was  repealed  and  the  fol- 
lowing act  was  substituted : 

Chapter  295. 

AN  ACT  defining  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  board  of  agriculture  and  immigration,  and  providing 
for  an  election  of  a  commissioner  of  agriculture  and  immigration,  and  for  repealing  all  acts  in  con- 
flict with  this  act. 

I.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  general  assembly  of  Virginia,  That  the  department  of  agriculture 
and  immigration  shall  be  under  the  management  and  control  of  a  board  of  agriculture  and 
immigration,  composed  of  one  member  from  each  Congressional  district,  who  shall  be  a 
practical  farmer,  appointed  by  the  governor  for  a  term  of  four  years,  and  confirmed  by  the 
senate,  and  the  president  of  the  Virginia  Polytechnic  Institute,  who  shall  be  ex  officio  a 
member  of  the  board:  Provided,  That  the  terms  of  members  of  the  board  first  appointed 
from  districts  bearing  uneven  numbers  shall  be  for  two  years,  beginning  March  first,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  three,  said  members  to  be  selected  from  the  two  political  parties,  so  that 
not  more  than  two-thirds  of  the  members  of  said  board  shall  belong  to  any  one  of  the  said 
parties  at  the  same  time.  All  vacancies  in  the  membership  of  the  board  shall  be  filled  by 
the  governor. 

******  * 

VI.  For  the  benefit  of  the  agricultural  community,  the  board  shall  cause  to  be  held 
farmers'  institutes  at  such  times  and  in  such  places  throughout  the  State  as  it  may  deem 
necessary  for  the  advancement  of  agricultural  knowledge  and  the  improvement  of  agricul- 
tural methods  and  practices,  and  publish  and  distribute  such  papers  and  addresses  read  or 
made  at  these  institutes  as  promise  to  be  of  value  to  the  farming  interests.     *     *     * 

The  board  shall  annually  submit  to  the  governor  a  full  report  of 
its  operations  for  the  year,  including  a  detailed  financial  statement 
of  all  its  receipts  and  expenditures  made  under  its  direction. 

WASHINGTON. 

Section  192  of  the  session  law  of  1897  of  the  State  of  Washington, 
in  defining  the  objects  and  purposes  of  the  Washington  Agricultural 
College  and  School  of  Science,  declares  that  "one  of  the  objects  of 


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said  college  shall  be  to  hold  farmers'  institutes  at  such  times  and 
places  and  under  such  regulations  as  the  board  of  regents  may  deter- 
mine." 

The  legislature,  at  its  session  in  1903,  passed  the  following  act  inak- 
,     ing  appropriation  for  the  farmers'  institutes: 

For  maintenance  and  conducting  farmers'  institutes  under  the  direction  of  the  regents 
of  the  Washington  Agricultural  College  and  School  of  Science,  $'2/M)  per  year:  Provided, 

That  at  least  one  institute  shall  he  held  in  each  county  of  the  State  in  each  year. 

The  Legislature  of  1005  failed  to  make  appropriation  for  farmers' 

institute  purposes. 

WEST  VIRGINIA. 

The  law  under  which  farmers'  institutes  are  held  in  West  Virginia 
is  that  winch  established  the  State  board  of  agriculture  and  pre- 
scribes its  duties.  The  parts  of  the  act  relating  to  farmers'  institutes 
are  sections  5,  6,  7,  8,  and  9,  which  are  as  follows: 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  to  look  after  and  devise  means  of  advancing  the 
agricultural  interests  of  the  State:  to  promote  and  encourage  as  far  as  practicable  the  hold- 
ing of  farmers'  institutes,  the  organization  of  agricultural  and  horticultural  societies  and 
other  associations  in  the  interest  of  agriculture  in  the  several  counties  of  the  State. 

It  shall  have  charge  of  the  preparation  in  manuscript,  the  printing,  publishing,  and  dis- 
tribution, by  mail  and  otherwise,  of  such  documents  and  reading  matter  as  they  may  deem 
best  for  the  agricultural  interests  of  the  State.  And  said  board  shall  include  in  its  publica- 
tion the  methods  of  farming  in  use,  the  variety  of  stock  and  crops  grown,  the  special  capac- 
ities and  aptitude  of  the  soils  to  the  various  products  of  the  latitude  and  climate,  the  needs 
of  the  farmers,  and  such  other  matters  as  will  convey  a  proper  idea  of  the  agricultural 
resources  of  the  State  to  practical  men.  They  shall  have  authority  to  request  of  any  State 
official,  or  any  official  in  any  county,  city,  or  town,  any  and  all  statistical  and  other  informa- 
tion the  board  may  desire.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  all  State  and  county  officers  to 
assist  in  every  way  possible,  and  cooperate  with  the  board,  upon  their  request,  to  the  end 
that  the  welfare  and  interest  of  agriculture  may  be  promoted.  It  shall  hold  farmers'  insti- 
tutes for  the  instruction  of  the  farmers  of  the  State  in  the  various  branches  of  agriculture. 

Such  institutes  shall  be  held  at  such  times  and  places,  in  each  year,  as  said  board  may 
direct.  The  said  board  shall  make  such  orders  and  regulations  as  it  may  deem  proper  for 
organizing  and  conducting  such  institutes,  and  may  employ  an  agent  or  agents  to  perform 
such  work  in  connection  therewith  as  they  may  deem  best. 

The  course  of  instruction  of  such  institutes  shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  present  to  those  in 
attendance  the  results  of  the  most  recent  investigations  in  theoretical  and  practical  farming. 

Sec.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary  to  attend  all  meetings  of  the  board,  keep  a 
careful  record  of  all  their  proceedings,  in  proper  books  provided  by  the  board,  and  keep  on 
file  all  papers  relating  to  the  office. 

To  issue,  under  direction  of  the  board,  a  monthly,  a  bimonthly,  or  quarterly  publication, 
containing  crop  reports,  agricultural  statistics,  and  such  other  matter  as  the  board  may 
determine.  He  shall,  before  the  assembling  of  each  regular  session  of  the  legislature,  com- 
pile a  report  giving  a  general  review  of  agriculture,  horticulture,  and  industrial  resources 
of  the  State,  with  brief  notices  of  each  county,  and  the  character  of  the  public  roads  in  the 
several  counties,  and  how  and  by  whom  operated  and  kept  in  repair:  the  character  of  labor 
generally  employed  in  the  cultivation  of  the  soil,  and  the  prices  paid  therefor,  and  a  report 
of  the  various  institutes  held  during  each  year,  and  such  other  information  as  he  is  required 
to  gather;  and  he  shall  have  a  sufficient  number  printed  for  the  use  of  the  legislature  and 
for  general  distribution,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  board  may  prescribe. 


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Sec.  7.  The  board  shall  report  all  its  proceedings  biennially  to  the  governor,  showing  in 
detail  the  manner  of  its  execution  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  which,  together  with  the 
publication  and  report  named  in  Bection  6,  and  such  incidental  printing  as  may  be  nedessary 
shall  Iw  printed  by  the  public  printer  and  paid  for  Bame  as  other  public  printing. 

Si  i  v  The  secretary  shall  have  a  permanent  office  at  the  capitol,  under  the  control  and 
supervision  of  the  board,  which  shall  be  supplied  and  maintained  at  the  expense  <*f  the  < 

State. 

SBC.  9.  A  sum  not  exceeding  three  thousand  dollars  (.$3,000)  is  hereby  annually  appro- 
priated out  of  any  funds  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated  for  the  support  and 
maintenance  of  the  board,  including  per  diem  of  members,  -alary  of  secretary,  necessary 
expenses  of  the  board  and  secretary  while  attending  meetings,  and  all  other  incidental 
expenses  connected  with  and  growing  out  of  this  department  of  the  State  government, 
which  shall  be  paid  on  the  order  of  the  board,  signed  by  the  president  and  secretary. 

WISCONSIN. 

The  farmers'  institute  law  of  Wisconsin  as  amended  in  1887  is  as 
follows : 

Section  1.  The  board  of  regents  of  the  State  University  is  hereby  authorized  to  hold 
institutes  for  the  instruction  of  citizens  of  this  State  in  the  various  branches  of  agriculture 
Such  institutes  shall  be  held  at  such  times  and  at  such  places  as  said  board  may  direct.  The 
said  board  shall  make  such  rules  and  regulations  as  it  may  deem  proper  for  organizing  and 
conducting  such  institutes,  and  may  employ  an  agent  or  agents  to  perform  such  work  in 
connection  therewith  as  they  may  deem  best.  The  course  of  instruction  at  such  institutes 
shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  present  to  those  in  attendance  the  results  of  the  most  recent  inves- 
tigations in  theoretical  and  practical  agriculture. 

Sec.  2.  For  the  purposes  mentioned  in  the  preceding  section  the  said  board  may  use  such 
sum  as  it  may  deem  proper,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of  812,000  in  any  one  year,  from  the 
general  fund,  and  such  amount  is  hereby  annually  appropriated  for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage  and  publica- 
tion. 

WYOMING. 

Farmers'  institutes  were  organized  in  Wyoming  in  1903  by  the 
College  of  Agriculture  of  the  University  of  Wyoming  and  the  agri- 
cultural experiment  station. 

The  legislature  of  1903-4  incorporated  in  the  general  appropria- 
tion bill  a  section  relating  to  farmers'  institutes  as  follows: 

Section  47.  The  sum  of  $2,000,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby  appro- 
priated for  the  purpose  of  holding  farmers'  institutes  and  short  courses  in  stock  judging, 
agronomy,  and  general  farming,  such  meetings  to  be  arranged  at  such  places  and  at  such 
times  as  will  accommodate  the  people  of  the  community  in  which  the  meetings  may  be 
desired.  Such  farmers'  institutes  or  short  courses  shall  be  in  charge  of  the  agricultural 
department  of  the  university,  which  shall  arrange  the  necessary  details  of  the  meetings. 
In  distributing  the  funds  provided  for  this  purpose,  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  university 
shall  have  authority  to  provide  instructors,  lecturers,  and  equipment,  and  to  provide  for 
any  other  necessary  expenses  incident  to  these  meetings. 


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FEDERAL  LEGISLATION. 

Direct.  Federal  aid  bo  farmers'  institutes  began  with  the  act  mak- 
ing appropriations  For  (lie  Department  of  Agriculture  for  the  fiscal 
year  ended  June  30,  L904,  which  provided  "that  five  thousand  dol- 
lars [of  the  sum  appropriated  for  the  Office  of  Experiment  Stations] 
shall  be  used  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  to  investigate  and 
report,  upon  the  organization  and  progress  of  farmers'  institutes  in 
the  several  States  and  Territories  and  upon  similar  organizations  in 
foreign  countries,  with  special  suggestions  of  plans  and  methods  for 
making  such  organizations  more  effective  for  the  dissemination  of 
the  results  of  the  work  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and  the 
agricultural  experiment  stations  and  of  improved  methods  of  agri- 
cultural practice."  The  same  provision  has  been  continued  in 
subsequent  appropriation  acts. 


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LIST  OF  PUBLICATIONS  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  EXPERIMENT  STATIONS  ON 
FARMERS'  INSTITUTES. 

mi  i.i. 1 1 

Bui.  7'.>.      Farmore'  Institutes:   History  and  Stains  in  the  United  Stud-  and  Canada.     By 
I.   II.  Bailey.     Pp.  34. 

Bui.  1 10.     Proceedings  of  the  Sixth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  American  Association  of  Farm- 
tnstitute  Workers,  held  at   Buffalo,  N.  Yr, September  is  and  1'.),  l'.xil.    Edited 
by  A.  C.  True,  D.  .1.  Crosby,  and  (i.  ('.  Creelman,     Pp  I 

Bui.  i_o.  Proceedings  of  the  Seventh  Annual  Meeting  of  the  American  Association  of 
Farmers'  Institute  Workers,  held  at  Washington,  D.  C-,  June  24, 25,  and  26, 1902. 
Edited  by  A.  C.  True  and  1).  -I.  Crosby  for  the  Office  of  Experiment  Stations,  and 
(i  C.  Creelman  for  the  Association.     Pp.119. 

Bui.  135.  Legislation  Relating  to  Farmers'  Institutes  in  the  United  States  and  the  Prov- 
ince of  Ontario,  Canada.     By  John  Hamilton,  farmers'  institute  specialist.     Pp.  53* 

Bui.  138.     Proceedings  of  the   Eighth    Annual    Meeting  of  the  American  Association  of 
Farmers' Institute  Workers,  held  at  Toronto,  Ontario,  June  23  to  26,  1903.     Edited 
by  W.  II.  Beal  for  the  Office  of  Experiment  Stations,  and  G.  C.  Creelman  for  tfo 
elation.     Pp.  119. 

Bui.  154.  Proceedings  of  the  Ninth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  American  Association  of 
Farmers'  Institute  Workers,  held  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  October  18  to  20,  1904.  Edited 
by  W.  H.  Beal  and  John  Hamilton  for  the  Office  of  Experiment  Stations,  and  G.  C. 
Creelman  for  the  Association.     Pp.  91. 

Bui.  155.  Agricultural  Instruction  for  Adults  in  the  British  Empire.  By  John  Hamilton. 
Pp.96. 

CIRCULAR. 

Cire.  51  (Revised).  Last  of  State  Directors  of  Farmers'  Institutes  and  Farmers'  Institute 
Lecturers  of  the  United  States.     By  John  Hamilton.     Pp.  23. 

SEPARATES. 

Farmers'  Institutes  in  the  United  States.  By  D.  J.  Crosby.  Reprint  from  Annual  Report 
of  the  Of  lice  of  Experiment  Stations  for  the  year  ended  June  30,  1902.     Pp.  25. 

Farmers'  Institutes  in  the  United  States.  By  John  Hamilton.  Reprint  from  Annual 
Report  of  the  Office  of  Experiment  Stations  for  the  year  ended  June  30,  1903.     Pp.  57. 

Farmers'  Institutes.  By  John  Hamilton.  Reprint  from  Yearbook,  Department  of  Agri- 
culture, 1903.     Pp.  10. 

Annual  Report  of  Farmers'  Institutes.  By  John  Hamilton.  Reprint  from  Annral  Report 
of  the  Office  of  Experiment  Stations  for  the  year  ended  June  30,  1904. 

Farmers'  Institutes  in  the  United  States.  By  John  Hamilton.  Doc.  No.  711.  Pp.  20.  A 
pamphlet  prepared  for  distribution  at  the  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition. 

farmers'  institute  lectures. 

Lect.  1.  Syllabus  of  Illustrated  Lecture  on  the  Care  of  Milk,  accompanied  with  44  lantern 
slides.     By  K.  A.  Pearson.     Pp.  12. 

Lect.  2.  Syllabus  of  Illustrated  Lecture  on  Potato  Diseases  and  their  Treatment,  accom- 
panied with  47  lantern  slides.     By  F.  C.  Stewart  and  II.  J.  Eustace.     Pp.  30. 

Lect .  3.  Syllabus  of  Illustrated  Lecture  on  Acid  Soils,  accompanied  with  53  lantern  slides. 
By  II.  J.  Wheeler.     Pp.28. 

Lect.  4.  Syllabus  of  Illustrated  Lecture  on  Profitable  Cattle  Feeding,  accompanied  with 
45  lantern  slides.     By  F.  B.  Mumford.     Pp.  21. 

Lect .  5.  Syllabus  of  Illustrated  Lecture  on  Silage  and  Silo  Construction  for  the  South, 
accompanied  by  50  lantern  slides.     By  A.  M.  Soule.     Pp.  31. 


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